On being included : (Record no. 24186)

MARC details
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2011041895
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 9780822352211
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 9780822352365 (pbk. : alk. paper)
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number 378.1/9829
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR
Authors Ahmed, Sara.,
Dates 1969-
TITLE STATEMENT
Title On being included :
Subtitle racism and diversity in institutional life /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Sara Ahmed.
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Durham ;
-- London :
Publisher Duke University Press,
Date c2012.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent x, 243 p. :
Other Details ill. ;
Size 23 cm.
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-220, [221]-234) and index.
SUMMARY
Summary What does diversity do? What are we doing when we use the language of diversity? Sara Ahmed offers an account of the diversity world based on interviews with diversity practitioners in higher education, as well as her own experience of doing diversity work. Diversity is an ordinary, even unremarkable, feature of institutional life. Yet diversity practitioners often experience institutions as resistant to their work, as captured through their use of the metaphor of the "brick wall." On Being Included offers an explanation of this apparent paradox. It explores the gap between symbolic commitments to diversity and the experience of those who embody diversity. Commitments to diversity are understood as "non-performatives" that do not bring about what they name. The book provides an account of institutional whiteness and shows how racism can be obscured by the institutionalization of diversity. Diversity is used as evidence that institutions do not have a problem with racism. On Being Included offers a critique of what happens when diversity is offered as a solution. It also shows how diversity workers generate knowledge of institutions in attempting to transform them.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Minorities in higher education.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Racism in higher education.
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Topical Heading Education, Higher
General Social aspects.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Cultural pluralism.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Universities and colleges
General Sociological aspects.
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
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Public note Location Map
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Holdings
Date last seen Full call number Barcode Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Permanent location Current location Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition
26/01/2017 378.19829 AH BE T0027957 62.22 26/01/2017 REGULAR   Dewey Decimal Classification       University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 14/07/2014 AMAUS