Whitewashed Critical Perspectives: Restoring the Edge to Edgy Ideas

This book explores how revolutionary constructs in literacy education have been gentrified, whitewashed, and appropriated, losing their radical edge. It critiques the harmful impact of watering down these theories and offers ways to restore their edge, reject racist and assimilationist trends, and support the original vision.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 174 pages
Publication date: 01 July 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive volume delves into the examination of revolutionary constructs in literacy education, shedding light on their subsequent gentrification, whitewashing, and appropriation processes, resulting in a loss of their original revolutionary essence. Written by esteemed scholars in the field, the chapters in this book explore key concepts that were initially conceived as radical theories aimed at challenging the established status quo. These concepts include Third Space, Funds of Knowledge, Culturally Relevant Pedagogies, and more. Each chapter delves into the process by which these core theories were culturally appropriated and de-fanged, ultimately serving to reinforce rather than dismantle racial and societal hierarchies.

The contributors to this volume take a critical stance in critiquing the detrimental effects of watering down these once groundbreaking ideas. They propose strategies to restore the original edge and vitality to these theories, rejecting racist and assimilationist trends and advocating for the original vision behind these liberatory constructs. By adopting a truly radical and critical perspective, this volume serves as an invaluable resource for researchers, scholars, and students in the field of literacy education.

Weight: 290g
Dimension: 151 x 228 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367500962