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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Counterspaces"”.
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From Counterspaces to Community:A Qualitative Case Study Analysis of Black Community Making at a PWI
<p>This qualitative case study examined how Black college students build and maintain a sense of community at a predominantly white institution (PWI). Informed by relational sociological methodology and the conceptual framework of Black placemaking, this study foregrounded the nuanced process of …
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Remapping the U.S. "Southwest": Early Mexican American Literature and the Production of Transnational Counterspaces, 1885-1958
… Américo Paredes for their "transnational counterspaces." I use this term, which draws from spatial theories by Henri Lefebvre and Edward Soja, to describe their vocalizations of the Southwest produced in the face of their respective Anglo counterparts such as Willa Cather and other members …
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More than meets the eye: exploring a black cultural center as a counterspace for African American college students
… risk, in large part, through participation in counterspaces like Black cultural centers (BCC). Counterspaces are settings theorized to bolster the self-concepts of African American college, thus enabling them to ameliorate or circumvent the deleterious effects of racial denigration. Yet, the …
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Speaking Identity: Language Investment and Agency Among Spanish Heritage Speakers
… school, family and community networks served as “counterspaces,” where Spanish was valued for cultural connection and social support. Participants leveraged Spanish to maintain family ties, navigate social networks, and assert their linguistic identity. The study concludes that HS actively …
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"I'm not your Mammy": Unearthing the Racially Gendered Experiences of Undergraduate Black Women Resident Assistants at Predominantly White Institutions
… Within; Controlling Images; and Care through Counterspaces. This study’s findings and future recommendations have the potential to support and inspire Black and other minoritized undergraduate student RAs, illuminate the diverse experiences of undergraduate Black women, and to enhance …
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From Classroom to Career: Understanding Impostor Phenomenon in Black Women
… engaging in collective coping strategies, counterspaces, spirituality, and self-definition practices that disrupted internalized impostor narratives. Overall, this study contributes to the literature by integrating educational trauma, workplace trauma, and impostor phenomenon (IP) within an …