TY - JOUR PY - 2012// TI - Embodying critical feminism in community psychology: Unraveling the fabric of gender and class JO - Journal of community psychology A1 - Angelique, H. SP - 77 EP - 92 VL - 40 IS - 1 N2 - In this article, I offer a critical feminist theoretical reflection on my lived experiences as a working-class White woman as a challenge to some of the dominant narratives in academia. In particular, I describe my development of feminist and class-consciousness as an "organic intellectual." I discuss changes to my working-class identity and the challenges of breaking through the glass-class ceiling as an academician. I reveal how stigma management has irrevocably shaped my academic life and how my attempts at cultural suicide have overshadowed my professional and personal lives. I ask for a radical critique of higher education and argue for the importance of community psychology to infuse feminism and class consciousness into the field to address societal power asymmetries and to approach its value stance as a discipline. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 0090-4392 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcop.20488 ID - ref1 ER -