Abstract
Within this essay, I highlight a pedagogy of the taboo (Orbe, 2018) as a productive framework to counter anti-DEIA attempts to silence diverse voices in our class rooms and across campus. As an extension of Paulo Freire’s (1990) pioneering work, this orientation to critical pedagogy promotes teaching←→learning that questions authoritative meaning-making as a means to empowerment, liberation, and social justice. Central to this framework is a belief that labeling particular topics (e.g., race and racism; sex, gender, sexuality, sexism) as off-limits constitutes a rhetorical device used by those in power to maintain the status quo which benefits them (Orbe, 2018).
Recommended Citation
Orbe, Mark P.
(2025)
"Pedagogy of the Taboo as Feminist Pedagogy: Embracing an Invitational Rhetoric Orientation,"
Feminist Pedagogy: Vol. 5:
Iss.
5, Article 2.
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https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/feministpedagogy/vol5/iss5/2
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