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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Urban Narratives: Portraits in Progress- Life at the Intersections of Learning Disability, Race, and Social Class

Urban Narratives: Portraits in Progress- Life at the Intersections of Learning Disability, Race, and Social Class

Connor, David J.

Paperback

Series: Disability Studies in Education, Book 5

AnthropologyGeneral EducationSpecial Education

ISBN10: 0820488046
ISBN13: 9780820488042
Publisher: Peter Lang Us
Published: Nov 1 2007
Pages: 412
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Urban Narratives foregrounds previously silenced voices of young people of color who are labeled disabled. Overrepresented in special education classes, yet underrepresented in educational research, these students - the largest group within segregated special education classes - share their perceptions of the world and their place within it. Eight 'portraits in progress' consisting of their own words and framed by their poetry and drawings, reveal compelling insights about life inside and out of the American urban education system. The book uses an intersectional analysis to examine how power circulates in society throughout and among historical, cultural, institutional, and interpersonal domains, impacting social, academic, and economic opportunities for individuals, and expanding or circumscribing their worlds.

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