Race, Religion, and a Curriculum of Reparation Teacher Education for
Re-narrating the story of Noah and Schreber, William F. Pinar's new book offers a compelling interpretation of race relations in education. In his signature style, Pinar argues that race is a patriarchal production and a gendered contract between father a
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Race, Religion, and a Curriculum of Reparation Teacher Education for a Multicultural Society William F. Pinar
RACE, RELIGION, AND A CURRICULUM OF REPARATION
© William F. Pinar, 2006. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2006 978-1-4039-7072-5 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2006 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-53242-1 ISBN 978-1-4039-8473-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781403984739 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pinar, William. Race, religion, and a curriculum of reparation : teacher education for a multicultural society / William F. Pinar. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Bible. O.T. Gen. IX, 20–25—Criticism, interpretation, etc. 2. Blacks—Biblical teaching. 3. Schreber, Daniel Paul, 1842–1911. 4. Sex in the Bible. I. Title. BS1235.52P56 2006 305.800973—dc22 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: April 2006 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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Preface
vii
Acknowledgments
xv
Introduction
1
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In the Beginning
9
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Inside the Tent
35
3
The Specularity of Alterity
57
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Outside the Tent
77
5
Decadence, Disorientation, Degeneration
97
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An Epistemology of the Body
123
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The Curse of the Covenant
141
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The Sodomitical Subjectivity of Race
169
Notes
185
References
191
Index
204
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Preface
[W]hite ethnicity constitutes an “unknown” in contemporary cultural theory— a dark continent that has not yet been explored. Kobena Mercer (1994, 217) [I] see resistance as a way of politically activating counter-memories, that is to say sites of non-identification with or non-belonging to the phallogocentric regime. Rosi Braidotti (1994b, 201) [T]he study of racism is dirty business. It unveils things about ourselves that we may prefer not to know. Lewis R. Gordon (1995, ix) [O]ur deepest cultural assumptions are biblical. Regina M. Schwartz (1997, x)
This is a textbook for teachers, a synoptic text summarizing and juxtaposing research that enables teachers to complicate the curricular conversation in which they and their students are engaged. The book is a form of curriculum research, less concerned with (although hardly disinterested in) pedagogy than with academic knowledge. As in intellectual history, this form of cur
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