Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Deconstructing Exclusion and Inclusion in Adult Education -- Chapter 1 Opening the Gates: Reflections on Power, Hegemony, Language, and the Status Quo Peggy A. Sissel and Vanessa Sheared -- Chapter 2 Incorporating Postmodernist Perspectives into Adult Education David F. Hemphill -- Chapter 3 Challenging Adult Learning: A Feminist Perspective Daniele D. Flannery and Elisabeth Hayes -- Chapter 4 Talking about Whiteness: "Adult Learning Principles" and the Invisible Norm Sue Shore -- Chapter 5 An Invisible Presence, Silenced Voices: African Americans in the Adult Education Professoriate Sherwood E. Smith and Scipio A. J. Colin III -- Part II History Revisited and Claimed -- Chapter 6 The African- American Market Woman: Her Past, Our Future Cheryl A. Smith -- Chapter 7 Creating an Intellectual Basis for Friendship: Practice and Politics in a White Women's Study Group Jane M. Hugo -- Chapter 8 Northern Philanthropy's Ideological Influence on African- American Adult Education in the Rural South Bernadine S. Chapman -- Chapter 9 Struggling to Learn, Learning to Struggle: Workers, Workplace Learning, and the Emergence of Human Resource Development Fred M. Schied -- Chapter 10 The Role of Adult Education in Workplace Ageism Su- fen Liu and Frances Rees -- Part III Classrooms and Communities: Contexts, Questions, and Critiques -- Chapter 11 Communities in the Classroom: Critical Reflections on Adult Education in an Appalachian Community Mary Beth Bingman and Connie White with Amelia R. B. Kirby -- Chapter 12 Education, Incarceration, and the Marginalization of Women Irene C. Baird -- Chapter 13 Adult Basic Education: Equipped for the Future or for Failure? Donna Amstutz -- Chapter 14 Teaching as Political Practice Ruth Bounous -- Part IV Cultural Infusion: Reflections on Identity and Practice.

Chapter 15 African- American Women of Inspiration Angela Humphrey Brown -- Chapter 16 Through the Eyes of a Latina: Professional Women in Adult Education Rosita Lopez Marcano -- Chapter 17 By My Own Eyes: A Story of Learning and Culture Lynette Harper and "Mira" -- Chapter 18 Using Queer Cultural Studies to Transgress Adult Educational Space Andre P. Grace -- Chapter 19 Feminist Perspectives on Adult Education: Constantly Shifting Identities in Constantly Changing Times Elizabeth J. Tisdell -- Part V Reconstructing the Field: Our Personal and Collective Identities -- Chapter 20 Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Confronting Who "We" Are Merilyn Childs -- Chapter 21 Technologies of Learning at Work: Disciplining the Self John Garrick and Nicky Solomon -- Chapter 22 The Political Economy of Adult Education: Implications for Practice Jorge Jeria -- Chapter 23 What Does Research, Resistance, and Inclusion Mean for Adult Education Practice? A Reflective Response Vanessa Sheared and Peggy A. Sissel -- Index -- About the Contributors.