Interrogating Privilege is a welcome combination of personal essays
and academic research, blending theory, analysis, and narrative to
explore the function and consequences of privilege in second language
education.
While teachers' focus on the learning process and class goals are quite
important, there is not enough attention paid to the types of
privilege--or lack thereof--that individuals bring to the classroom.
Through chapters that can either stand alone or be read together, with
topics such as gender, age, and colonialism (the author is the daughter
of missionary parents) in second language teaching, this book seeks to
address the experiences of teachers, scholars, and students as "whole
persons" and to observe the workings of identity and privilege in the
educational setting.