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100 1 Nzinga-Johnson, Sekile,|d1971-|0https://id.loc.gov/
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245 10 Lean semesters :|bhow higher education reproduces inequity
/|cSekile M. Nzinga.
264 1 Baltimore, Maryland :|bJohns Hopkins University Press,
|c[2020]
264 4 |c©2020
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490 1 Critical university studies
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-204) and
index.
505 0 Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The university as hyper-
producer of inequity -- 1. Mortgaging our brains: black
women, privatization, and subprime PhDs -- 2. Ain't I
precarious? Black academic women as contingent -- 3.
Families devalued: black academic women and the neoliberal
era's family tariff -- 4. Jumping mountains: resisting the
marketized university -- Conclusion: Statement of
solidarity -- Appendix A. Our truths interview guide --
Appendix B. Resources and organizations -- Notes --
Bibliography -- Index.
520 "Neoliberal practices of the contemporary university cause
disproportionate economic hardships for women, especially
those who are students or adjuncts, are members of
racialized groups, belong to underpaid disciplines, or are
employed at less prestigious institutions. Lean Semesters
addresses the reality that women of color, particularly
Black women, are vulnerable to compounded forms of
exploitation and inequity as faculty members"--|cProvided
by publisher
520 Addressing in depth the reality that women of color,
particularly black women, face compounded exploitation and
economic inequality within the neoliberal university. More
Black women are graduating with advanced degrees than ever
before. Despite the fact that their educational and
professional opportunities should be expanding, highly
educated Black women face strained and worsening economic,
material, and labor conditions in graduate school and
along their academic career trajectory. Black women are
less likely to be funded as graduate students, are
disproportionately hired as contingent faculty, are
trained and hired within undervalued disciplines, and
incur the highest levels of educational debt. In Lean
Semesters, Sekile M. Nzinga argues that the corporatized
university--long celebrated as a purveyor of progress and
opportunity--actually systematically indebts and disposes
of Black women's bodies, their intellectual contributions,
and their potential en masse. Insisting that 'shifts' in
higher education must recognize such unjust dynamics as
intrinsic, not tangential, to the operation of the
neoliberal university, Nzinga draws on candid interviews
with thirty-one Black women at various stages of their
academic careers. Their richly varied experiences reveal
why underrepresented women of color are so vulnerable to
the compounded forms of exploitation and inequity within
the late capitalist terrain of this once-revered social
institution. Amplifying the voices of promising and
prophetic Black academic women by mapping the impact of
the current of higher education on their lives, the book's
collective testimonies demand that we place value on these
scholars' intellectual labor, untapped potential, and
humanity. It also illuminates the ways past liberal
feminist 'victories' within academia have yet to become
accessible to all women. Informed by the work of scholars
and labor activists who have interrogated the various
forms of inequity produced and reproduced by institutions
of higher education under neoliberalism, Lean Semesters
serves as a timely and accessible call to action.
588 0 Print version record; online resource viewed July 26,
2021.
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