When Will the Joy Come?

Black Women in the Ivory Tower

Robin Phylisia Chapdelaine, Abena Ampofoa Asare, Michelle Dionne Thompson (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

2023
University of Massachusetts Press (Verlag)
978-1-62534-736-7 (ISBN)

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How do Black women in higher education create, experience, and understand joy? What sustains them? While scholars have long documented sexism, racism, and classism in the academy, one topic has been conspicuously absent from the literature—how Black women academics have found joy in the midst of adversity. Moving beyond questions of resilience, labor for others, and coping, When Will the Joy Come? focuses on the journeys of over thirty Black women at various stages of their careers. Joy is a mixture of well-being, pleasure, alignment, and purpose that can be elusive for Black women scholars. With racial reckoning and a global pandemic as context, this volume brings together honest and vital essays that ponder how Black women balance fatigue and frustrations in the halls of the ivory tower, and explore where, when, and if joy enters their lives. By carefully contemplating the emotional, physical, and material consequences of their labor, this collection demonstrates that joy is a tactical and strategic component of Black women’s struggle.

Robin Phylisia Chapdelaine is associate professor of history at Duquesne University. Michelle Dionne Thompson is assistant adjunct professor of Black studies at the City College of New York. Abena Ampofoa Asare is associate professor of Africana studies and history at Stony Brook University.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.08.2023
Reihe/Serie	African American Intellectual History
Verlagsort	Massachusetts
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-62534-736-7 / 1625347367
ISBN-13	978-1-62534-736-7 / 9781625347367
Zustand	Neuware