Embodied Social Justice

2. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-032-13938-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 298 g

Embodied Social Justice introduces an embodied approach to working with oppression. Grounded in current research, the book integrates key findings from education, psychology, sociology, and somatic studies while addressing critical gaps in how these fields have addressed pervasive patterns of social injustice.

At the heart of the book, a series of embodied narratives bring to life everyday experiences of oppression through evocative descriptions of how power implicitly shapes body image, interpersonal space, eye contact, gestures, and the use of touch. This second edition includes two new "body stories" from research participants living and working in the global South. Supplemental guidelines for practice, updated references, and new community resources have also been added.

Designed for social workers, counselors, educators, and other human service professionals working with members of disenfranchised and marginalized communities, Embodied Social Justice offers a conceptual framework and model of practice to assist in identifying, unpacking, and transforming embodied experiences of oppression from the inside out.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, Rae

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction Section I: Body Stories 2. Embodied Inquiry 3. Crissy’s Body Story 4. Alex’s Body Story 5. Pat’s Body Story 6. Bani’s Body Story 7. Natalie’s Body Story 8. Zaylie’s Body Story 9. Rae’s Body Story 10. Learning from the Body Stories Section II: Oppression and Embodiment 11. (Un)learning Oppression 12. Learning Through the Body Section III: Grasping and Transforming the Embodied Experience of Oppression 13. The Cycle of Embodied Critical Learning and Transformation 14. Implications and Applications 15. Community Resources

Über Autor(innen)

Rae Johnson is a social worker, somatic movement therapist, and scholar-activist working at the intersections of embodiment and social justice. They are the author of Elemental Movement (2000), Knowing in our Bones (2011) and Embodied Activism (2023). They teach internationally on embodied activism, nonverbal expressions of implicit bias, and the poetic body.