Article: Spirit, Space & Survival: African American Women in (White) Academe

Spirit, Space & Survival: African American Women in (White) Academe, edited by Joy James and Ruth Farmer. New York: Routledge, 1993. 293 pp. $17.95, paper.

Reviewed by Jessica E. Thomas Stephens, Eastern Kentucky University.

Each of the several authors in this important anthology is an African American woman who has struggled or is currently struggling against the rigid governing structures and practices at predominantly White universities. Each of their essays presents a narrative that draws upon their scholarship and personal experiences as well as a section of references that reinforce the author's conclusions. By so doing, Spirit, Space & Survival shares candid and informative ...

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