Topographies of Whiteness: Mapping Whiteness in Library and Information Science
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| Title: | Topographies of Whiteness: Mapping Whiteness in Library and Information Science |
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| Description: | Exploring the diverse terrain that makes up library and information science (LIS), this collection features the work of scholars, practitioners, and others who draw from a variety of theoretical approaches to name, problematize, and ultimately fissure whiteness at work. Contributors not only provide critical accounts of the histories of whiteness – particularly as they have shaped libraries and archives in higher education – but also interrogate current formations, from the policing of people of color in library spaces to imagined LIS futures. This volume also considers possibilities for challenging oppressive legacies and charting a new course towards anti-racist librarianship, whether in the classroom, at the reference desk, or elsewhere. |
| Authors: | Schlesselman-Tarango, Gina |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Library science--Social aspects, Anti-racism--United States, Minority librarians--United States--Social conditions, Library science--Social aspects--United States--History, Library science--Social aspects--United States, White people--United States--Social conditions, Librarians--United States--Social conditions, White people--Race identity--United States |
| Categories: | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Exploring the diverse terrain that makes up library and information science (LIS), this collection features the work of scholars, practitioners, and others who draw from a variety of theoretical approaches to name, problematize, and ultimately fissure whiteness at work. Contributors not only provide critical accounts of the histories of whiteness – particularly as they have shaped libraries and archives in higher education – but also interrogate current formations, from the policing of people of color in library spaces to imagined LIS futures. This volume also considers possibilities for challenging oppressive legacies and charting a new course towards anti-racist librarianship, whether in the classroom, at the reference desk, or elsewhere. |
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| ISBN: | 9781634000222 9781634000789 |
