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Intersecting Worlds in Mexican American Philosophy - Professor Manuela Alejandra Gomez

Intersecting Worlds in Mexican American Philosophy

Teaching and Learning From the Border
Buch | Hardcover
208 Seiten
2026
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-52016-5 (ISBN)
CHF 95,95 inkl. MwSt
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One of the few Mexican American women philosophers across the United States and Mexico redefines philosophy and pedagogy through a groundbreaking exploration of identity, culture, and language.

For more than two decades Manuela Alejandra Gomez has been teaching on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. In the first book of its kind to critically analyze how Mexican Americans connect to philosophy she draws on a five-year study, her experience, ethnographic observations and testimonies to show a constant navigation between two nations, two cultures, and two languages.

Leading us through this complex negotiation of intersecting worlds, Gomez explores how to teach and learn philosophy from a Mexican American perspective. She makes us question what it means to be a philosopher, challenges conventions about what it truly means to philosophize and redefines the boundaries of philosophical thought: her aim is to add a new chapter in the narrative of academic inclusion and diversity that makes more room for Mexican American perspectives.

Reimagining and broadening the parameters of philosophy, she offers invaluable pedagogical insights, providing a rich and practical roadmap to more effective teaching methods, while empowering students through the recognition of their identities.

In the United States, more women and students of color are going to college than ever before, but philosophy as an academic field continues to be one of the least diverse and untouched by their vantage points. This much-needed book marks an important contribution to local and culturally informed ways of teaching and learning.

Manuela Alejandra Gomez is Professor of Philosophy at El Paso Community College and Visiting Professor at University of Texas at El Paso, USA. She is Vice President of the Society for Mexican American Philosophy. In 2022 she was named Piper Professor for the state of Texas, the most prestigious teaching award and in 2024 she was inducted into the El Paso Women's Hall of Fame for connecting her work in philosophy with public service.

1. Can You Name a Mexican American Philosopher?
2. El Que No Tranza No Avanza: Mexican American Students in Philosophy
3. The Gender Dimension and the Role of Language in Learning
4. Reimagining Philosophy Education by Empowering Mexican American Perspectives
5. Teaching Philosophy: Practical Pedagogical Recommendations
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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