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Book SynopsisThis is an eight-scene drama portraying black women reliving their journey through higher education and work-based learning. Black women’s voices are the focus, reflecting on the complexities and dynamics of institutional power, professional exploitation, silencing, subordination and non-transformative education. A black feminist standpoint theoretical approach with an autoethnographic presentation invites the reader into the camaraderie, emotions, tears and laughter of a cohort of mature black healthcare workers engaging in a foundation degree with a promise of promotion. The author captures the voices of the women, weaves in her own account and sets the stories in fictional locations. Using cultural sayings, black philosophy and black music in a creative way, this work offers a platform from which to start discussions on black women’s labour in the NHS.
Trade Review«This work is WONDERFUL! What Peggy is doing is SO important and engaging. I was moved by it. I appreciate and fully recognise the power of the process, the journey, that she was engaged in. Wonderful, engaging, powerful and convincing. I loved the use of music and the emotional engagement pulling out the significance of this work, Peggy’s passion for it and its importance for future students. It was a pleasure to read and reflect on. This ethnodrama demonstrates Peggy’s commitment, determination, creativity and passion for making research accessible to groups outside the academy.» (The late Joyce Canaan, Emeritus Professor, formerly of Birmingham City University)
Table of ContentsCONTENTS: The dreamers in Jamaica heading for the motherland — Black women, it’s time to break the silence — We really wanted to be nurses — Getting to grips with power — Did anyone think this through? — If only we had known — Bittersweet realisation – hope we are the last — Sankofa’s reflection and guidance — Postscript.
