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Feminism in Community

  • This book focuses on educators who work in the community to foster adult learning and activism
  • The educators negotiate creative ways of leading and working in nonprofit organizations for change
  • The authors respond to gender mainstreaming processes that have obscured women as a discernible category in many areas of practice

Part of the book series: International Issues in Adult Education (ADUL)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction

    • Leona M. English, Catherine J. Irving
    Pages 1-10
  3. Feminist Organizations

    • Leona M. English, Catherine J. Irving
    Pages 11-29
  4. Adult Health Learning

    • Leona M. English, Catherine J. Irving
    Pages 31-41
  5. Arts and Adult Education

    • Leona M. English, Catherine J. Irving
    Pages 43-55
  6. Network Feminism and Social Movement Learning

    • Leona M. English, Catherine J. Irving
    Pages 57-74
  7. Religion, Women, and Adult Education

    • Leona M. English, Catherine J. Irving
    Pages 75-87
  8. Researching for and with the Community of Women1

    • Leona M. English, Catherine J. Irving
    Pages 89-102
  9. Critical Feminist Pedagogy

    • Leona M. English, Catherine J. Irving
    Pages 103-113
  10. Social Transformative Learning and Women1

    • Leona M. English, Catherine J. Irving
    Pages 115-124
  11. Power, Resistance and Informal Learning1

    • Leona M. English, Catherine J. Irving
    Pages 125-143
  12. The Nexus of Policy, Practice, and Payment1

    • Leona M. English, Catherine J. Irving
    Pages 145-158
  13. Adult Education and the Community

    • Leona M. English, Catherine J. Irving
    Pages 159-164
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 165-204

About this book

The authors draw upon their earlier research examining how feminists have negotiated identity and learning in international contexts or multisector environments. Feminism in Community focuses on feminist challenges to lead, learn, and participate in nonprofit organizations, as well as their efforts to enact feminist pedagogy through arts processes, Internet fora, and critical community engagement. The authors bring a focused energy to the topic of women and adult learning, integrating insights of pedagogy and theory-informed practice in the fields of social movement learning, transformative learning, and community development. The social determinants of health, spirituality, research partnerships, and policy engagement are among the contexts in which such learning occurs.  In drawing attention to the identity and practice of the adult educator teaching and learning with women in the community, the authors respond to gender mainstreaming processes that have obscured women as adiscernible category in many areas of practice.
       

Authors and Affiliations

  • St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

    Leona M. English, Catherine J. Irving

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Feminism in Community

  • Authors: Leona M. English, Catherine J. Irving

  • Series Title: International Issues in Adult Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-202-8

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature B.V. 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-202-8Published: 02 November 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 204

  • Topics: Education, general

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