Critical Storytelling in Uncritical Times

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Stories of Marginalization, Silencing, and Alienation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Pagan Religion in the 21st Century

      • Gregory Michael Brewer

      Pages 3-9

   3. Gender and the Media

      • Allison Cummings, Amanda Glesing

      Pages 11-18

   4. Silent Judgments

      • Justin Hayes

      Pages 19-23

   5. To Be Continued…

      • Anonymous Anonymous

      Pages 25-28

   6. First Day of School

      • Daniel Searcy

      Pages 29-32

   7. Mom, I’M Gay

      • Jayce Sorrentino

      Pages 33-35

3. Identity Politics, Sexism, Racism, and Relationships

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37

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   2. Assimilation of an Alien

      • Zuzana Sulcova

      Pages 39-42

   3. “Brain Dead”

      • Brandon O. Hensley

      Pages 43-51

   4. College Student, Future Educator, Not an “Anchor Baby”

      • Elizabeth Nunez

      Pages 53-57

   5. Growing Up Without a Father

      • Deisha Marshall

      Pages 59-60

   6. My Realization

      • Joey Dundovich

      Pages 61-65

   7. My Life with Trichotillomania

      • Chelsea Berg

      Pages 67-69

   8. A Letter to the Faceless

      • Anonymous Anonymous

      Pages 71-71

   9. Angels of the Night

      • Mckenzie Sauer

      Pages 73-75

   10. Family Ties

       • Natalie Kozelka

       Pages 77-79

4. Mental Health, the Body, and Issues of Stigmatization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. Who am I? Struggling with My Identity

      • Amanda Reyes

      Pages 83-85

Critical Storytelling in Uncritical Times shares the stories of undergraduate students and educators in U.S. higher education. Storytellers in this volume grapple with issues of bullying, stigma surrounding mental health, cultural barriers, gender inequity, and other forms of struggle in educational settings. The disciplinary backgrounds of the authors are diverse, including Psychology, English, Communication Studies, Business, and Educational Foundations. The authors write stories about their role(s) in resisting (or failing to resist) oppressive conditions in schooling, and their contributions draw attention to critical problems in 21st century. This anthology was planned, written, and edited by students and four faculty members. The stories shared in each chapter were completely at the discretion of the contributor. By making themselves vulnerable, participants investigated stories of personal and social import. This book engages a community of critical voices in an age where critical storytelling has never mattered more. “Critical Storytellling in Uncritical Times is a pulsating work of self and social discovery, where autoethnographic accounts of high school students, pre-service teachers and teachers are assembled into a ‘cut and mix,’ a flux-and-change ethnographic prism that enables readers to view students as educators and educators and future educators as students. It is a book that shows how alliances for social justice can be formed that transcend race, class, age, gender, sexuality and social capital. All of us in the teaching profession would do well to read this book together with their students.” – Peter McLaren, Distinguished Professor, Chapman University

• Storytelling
• Autoethnography
• Qualitative Inquiry
• Critical Theory
• Undergraduates

• Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, USA

  Nicholas D. Hartlep

• Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

  Brandon O. Hensley

• Millikin University, Decatur, USA

  Carmella J. Braniger

• Furman University, Greenville, USA

  Michael E. Jennings

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