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     Mahoganyanais "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Mahoganyanais Post Number: 176 Registered: 01-2005 Rating: |
A Rage in Chicago by Helen Joyce and Regina Dionne is about the often difficult road traveled by many students to obtain a PhD. Anyone who has ever completed a PhD program or is in the process of obtaining a PhD can identify with the characters in our novel A Rage in Chicago. And those who are unfamiliar with PhD programs will get a first hand account of how these programs work. They will find out what itıs like for students to undergo the two years of grueling course work, take the qualifying exam where students are tested on thirty-two assigned books in the field of social work, undergo the committee process and oral defense of the dissertation. While African-American students and women who go through PhD programs might be prepared for the reality of racism and sexism of these professors. No one is ever prepared for the evil mind games some professors play on students which can send them to the edge of despair. These mind games are tantamount to mental and psychological abuse. In order to preserve their sanity some students just give up their dream of ever getting a PhD by walking away from the process altogether. Others suffer severe depression, nervous breakdowns or attempt suicide. Parents who are paying for their children's college and graduate school education will want to read this book so they will know about the pitfalls of doctoral study and the mind games. Those unfamiliar with the field of social work will certainly be surprised that social work which is perceived as one of the "easier sciences" can take anywhere from 8 to 10 years to get a PhD. For more information regarding A Rage in Chicago, please click the link below http://rosedogbookstore.com/rageinchicago.html. The Authors | ||
| Musewrite Newbie Poster Username: Musewrite Post Number: 2 Registered: 05-2005 Rating: N/A |
Dear Mahoganyanais: Thank you for posting our novel, A Rage in Chicago--Helen Joyce & Regina Dionne. | ||
| Musewrite Newbie Poster Username: Musewrite Post Number: 3 Registered: 05-2005 Rating: |
You can read a 3-page excerpt of A Rage in Chicago at http://rosedogbookstore.com/rageinchicago.html. | ||
| Mahoganyanais "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Mahoganyanais Post Number: 453 Registered: 01-2005 Rating: N/A |
You're welcome! | ||
| Donnymichael First Time Poster Username: Donnymichael Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2005 Rating: |
I read A Rage in Chicago twice I'm giving it five stars because it's an excellent story. It is thought provoking and the authors address racism and sexism in a profound manner. Most of all the novel is a true work of art where the publisher allowed the authors to address racial and sexual discrimination in a true light and where they didn't pull any punches in depicting the oppressive nature of the disseration committee that acted like Greek gods. As a brother I appreciate that these two authors had balance in their novel. In other words they did not spend their time bashing black men in their novel. Some authors who've had bad experiences personally with black men translate that negative experience in their writing. I loved the character Mariah Chavis who was an awesome black woman who clearly understood the struggle of African Americans and the Black man. Those Sunday Brunches she hosted gave the reader more insight of the struggles Black students go through. Emanuel Knight was a strong brother that I could relate to. He was a fighter, very intelligent with great insight and knew how to plan a great strategy against his foes. Eman had backbone and was solid as a rock. I really enjoyed how he broke down the politics of the disserttion committees. |
