1st Edition

Towards a Queer and Trans Ethic of Care in Education Beyond the Limitations of White, Cisheteropatriarchal, Colonial Care

By Bishop Owis Copyright 2024
148 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

148 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

148 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Synthesizing conversations from across gender and sexuality education, race and settler-colonialism studies, and care work literature, Towards a Queer and Trans Ethic of Care in Education explores how queer and trans teachers of colour understand and practice care. Woven between narratives and scholarly literature, Owis theorizes a unique and radical new way of conceptualizing and practicing... Read more

Introduction. A Crisis of Care  1. Theoretically Informed Frameworks in Gender and Sexuality in Education  1b. Care Vignette: Teacher Education Practicum  2. A Queer and Trans Ethic of Care  2b. Care Vignette: Queer and Trans Ethic of Care in Higher Education  3. Embodying Nuanced Dialectics  3b. Care Vignette: Plenty Collective  4. Turning Towards Justice  4b. Care Vignette: Roots Before Branches  5. Envisioning Community Care and Healing  5b. Care Vignette: Epistemic Injustices  6: Care as our Future

Biography

Bishop Owis is an Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Canada.