1st Edition
Storytelling and Improvisation as Anti-Racist Pedagogies Challenging White Supremacy in Elementary Education
Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction 1. Transformative, Critical Whiteness Pedagogies 2. Compulsions of Whiteness 3. Lewis Woods 4. Union Charter School 5. Derek 6. Trying to Move Forward 7. Improvising Against Compulsions of Whiteness Conclusion Index
Biography
Samuel Jaye Tanner is Associate Professor of English Education at the University of Iowa, USA.
Erin T. Miller is Associate Professor in the Reading and Elementary Education Department in the Cato College of Education, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA.
“This work is especially timely and important as reactionaries frame their defence of white supremacy as defending children from indoctrination. With states banning CRT and discussions of race and racism, examples of complex work on whiteness from elementary schools is refreshing and inspiring as we imagine resistances to oppressive conservative forces that are actively white-washing history and negating the lived experiences of millions of peoples of color.” — Zachary A. Casey, Associate Professor and Chair of Educational Studies at Rhodes College, USA.
“The authors’ use of five distinct facets of improvisation … and how these traits counter whiteness and its reliance of repression, conditional love, control and being controlled are provocative and compelling. … Having the ability to discuss such a complex topic, to reference sophisticated theories, and to be frank—all in simple, straightforward language—are rare in the field, and much-needed.” — Sophia Sarigianides, Professor of English Education at Westfield State University.
