LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Teaching Black Life Writing in the 2020 US Election Season and beyond

Photo by dillonjshook from unsplash

... we create scholarship not simply for ourselves but for the unseen faces of people who depend on the unwavering commitment of scholars who take up justice work. We know… Click to show full abstract

... we create scholarship not simply for ourselves but for the unseen faces of people who depend on the unwavering commitment of scholars who take up justice work. We know that the ongoing work to rescue and reclaim the history and lives of black women [and men] is important and that it is our duty ... to collect and share their life and experiences “for the future of our children... if necessary, bone by bone.”—Karsonya Wise Whitehead and Conra D. Gist1

Keywords: black life; life; teaching black; 2020 election; life writing; writing 2020

Journal Title: a/b: Auto/Biography Studies
Year Published: 2022

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.