Intersectional Book Study w Tania: Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks

Intersectional Book Study with Tania*

This month's selection:
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks

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In Teaching to Transgress*,*bell hooks--writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual--writes about a new kind of education, education as the practice of freedom. Teaching students to "transgress" against racial, sexual, and class boundaries in order to achieve the gift of freedom is, for hooks, the teacher's most important goal.

bell hooks speaks to the heart of education today: how can we rethink teaching practices in the age of multiculturalism? What do we do about teachers who do not want to teach, and students who do not want to learn? How should we deal with racism and sexism in the classroom?

Full of passion and politics, Teaching to Transgress combines a practical knowledge of the classroom with a deeply felt connection to the world of emotions and feelings. This is the rare book about teachers and students that dares to raise questions about eros and rage, grief and reconciliation, and the future of teaching itself.

*This book study series is a step above Intersectionality 101. Please register and complete the brief application to join the group. If accepted, you will receive the Zoom link for all the sessions of 2022.
Application link: https://forms.gle/vuhj2H6LGydRyzS9A

These meetings will be online until it is safe to get together in person again.

Tania Gerard focuses her work on equity and diversity. She has a master’s degree in Intersectional Gender Studies, with a specialization in public policy. She is passionate about the impact of individual experiences and exploring innovative tools to understand reality.