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Decolonizing Academia

Poverty, Oppression and Pain

by (author) Clelia O. Rodríguez

Publisher
Fernwood Publishing
Initial publish date
Oct 2018
Category
Research, Discrimination & Race Relations, Higher
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781773630748
    Publish Date
    Oct 2018
    List Price
    $24.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781773630755
    Publish Date
    Nov 2018
    List Price
    $23.99

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Poetic, confrontational and radical, Decolonizing Academia speaks to those who have been taught to doubt themselves because of the politics of censorship, violence and silence that sustain the Ivory Tower. Clelia O. Rodríguez illustrates how academia is a racialized structure that erases the voices of people of colour, particularly women. She offers readers a gleam of hope through the voice of an inquisitorial thinker and methods of decolonial expression, including poetry, art and reflections that encompass much more than theory.

In Decolonizing Academia, Rodríguez passes the torch to her Latinx offspring to use as a tool to not only survive academic spaces but also dismantle systems of oppression. Through personal anecdotes, creative non-fiction and unflinching bravery, Rodríguez reveals how people of colour are ignored, erased and consumed in the name of research and tenured academic positions. Her work is a survival guide for people of colour entering academia.

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