Black and Postcolonial Feminisms in New Times

Heidi Safia Mirza is Professor of Equalities Studies in Education, Institute of Education, University of London, UK. She is author of Young Female and Black and Race Gender and Educational Desire: Why Black women succeed and fail.Cynthia Joseph is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Education, Monash University in Australia.

• 1. Introduction: Plotting a history: Black and postcolonial feminisms in ‘new times’ Heidi Safia Mirza 2. Postcoloniality and ethnography: negotiating gender, ethnicity and power Cynthia Joseph 3. Identity, empathy and ‘otherness’: Asian women, education and dowries in the UK Kalwant Bhopal 4. Embodying diversity: problems and paradoxes for Black feminists Sara Ahmed 5. Is it because I’m Black? A Black female research experience Uvanney Maylor 6. Black Canadian feminist thought: perspectives on equity and diversity in the academy Njoki Nathani Wane 7. Black feminist praxis: some reflections on pedagogies and politics in higher education Suki Ali 8. ‘Who you callin’ nappy-headed?’A critical race theory look at the construction of Black women Gloria Ladson-Billings 9. De-colonising practices: negotiating narratives from racialised and gendered experiences of education Ann Phoenix 10. From ‘crisis’ to ‘activist’: the everyday freedom legacy of Black feminisms Heather A. Oesterreich

An inspiring book which addresses some of the most critical questions in education. Feminist thinking at its best. Avtar Brah, Professor of Sociology, Birkbeck College, University of London, UKThis book renders black feminist theory and post-colonial thought more textured, complex and expansive. Bravissimo, a rich collection of research! Annette Henry, Professor of Education, University of Washington, Tacoma USA