title: Body of knowledge: Black queer feminist pedagogy, praxis, and embodied text.
abstract: This article examines the "body as text" in the Black women's studies classroom. I transparently name this method of teaching "Black queer feminist pedagogy," an ordered and practical teaching method that relies on both the teaching of realities and teaching through interdisciplinary practices, while recognizing the body as a site of learning and knowledge. Illustrated by autoethnographic narratives drawn from classroom experiences, I discuss how the body inspires teachable moments, and consider how embodiment and subjectivity function as "equipment" for teaching and learning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Women's Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. mellewis@umd.edu
authors.forename: Mel Michelle
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D013663:Teaching