1st Edition

Place, Race, and Identity Formation Autobiographical Intersections in a Curriculum Theorist's Daily Life

By Ed Douglas McKnight Copyright 2017
212 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In this work of curriculum theory, Ed Douglas McKnight addresses and explores the intersections between place (with specific discussion of Kincheloe’s and Pinar’s conceptualization of place and identity) and race (specifically Winthrop Jordan’s historical analysis of race as an Anglo-European construction that became the foundation of a white mythos). To that end, he employs a form of narrative... Read more

Introduction: A bricoleur’s search for a curriculum theory of race and place: conversār

 

Chapter 1: Symbolic narratives as told by ghosts and bones: Situating race, place, and a beginning story gone bad in the Deep South

 

Chapter 2: A racialized history of my place, Shreveport, Louisiana: The Red River, the "land of churches," and the "lynching capital of the world"

 

Chapter 3: Part 1: Critical autobiography of my racialization: The gift of a North Louisiana map and a story to live by

 

Chapter 4: Part 2: Critical autobiography of my racialization: The bones begin to speak but the ghosts fight back

 

Chapter 5: The trials and not-so-tribulations of a Deep South, white male curriculum theorist fumbling toward a complicated conversation with students: Being better than my ghosts

Biography

Ed Douglas McKnight is Professor of Curriculum Studies and Foundations, The University of Alabama, USA.