We Can Speak for Ourselves / / by Billye Sankofa Waters.

This work is an intervention of self-representation that explores experiences of five Black mothers of the same Chicago elementary school with respect to their relationship with the author – a qualitative researcher – over a period of two years. Black feminist epistemology is the framework that dire...

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Superior document:Foundations and Applications of Artificial Intelligence
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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2016.
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Language:English
Series:Foundations and Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Physical Description:1 online resource (161 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Research Problem
  • Positionality
  • Significance and Audience
  • Context
  • SSCES and the Journey of This Project
  • Research Questions
  • Methods
  • Black Feminist Theory
  • Motherwork
  • Forward
  • Who Says What about Black Women: Review of Discourses
  • Our First Stage: Scientific Discourse
  • Government Discourse
  • Education Discourse
  • Mothering Discourse
  • Controlling Images: Media Discourse
  • Legal Interventions
  • We Speak
  • Methods
  • “I Know Who You Are But…”: Epistemology
  • Qualitative Methods
  • Ethical Research
  • Interviews
  • Coding
  • Narratives
  • Poetry
  • Validity
  • Reciprocity
  • Reflexive Journal
  • Giving Voice
  • Limitations
  • Maya, Nikki, Carolyn, Jill, Sonia
  • The Mothers
  • Maya
  • Nikki
  • Carolyn
  • Jill
  • Sonia
  • The Present of Presence: Summation
  • Coming Together: Analysis and Interpretations
  • Defining Mother
  • Preparing Children
  • Navigating Institution
  • Other
  • Returning to the Journal
  • Openings
  • Broader Meanings
  • Greatest Contributions
  • We
  • “If I Could Write This in Fire, I Would Write This in Fire”: Epilogue
  • Civil Rights
  • 2015 Battle Lines
  • Documenting the Streets and Social Media Quality
  • Maps for Further Research: Ideologies that Continue to Impact Black Families
  • Challenge
  • Appendix I: Participants
  • Appendix II: Initial Interview Guide
  • Appendix III: Second Interview Guide
  • Appendix IV: Glossary of Pseudonyms
  • References
  • About the Author
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index.