Realising the dream : unlearning the logic of race in the South African school / Craig Soudien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soudien, Crain.

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism in education--South Africa.

Racism in education.

Racism--South Africa.

Racism.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

xv, 270 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Cape Town : Human Sciences Research Council Press, 2012.

Summary:

"Beginning with a comprehensive scoping of the theoretical literature on race and social difference, the book delivers a meticulous examination of how the 'logic of race' is played out in the lives of post-apartheid South African school students. Based in two decades of empirical research, this compelling and insightful analysis reveals how the ongoing preoccupation with race not only obscures, but also prevents the evolution of new ways of understanding privilege and subordination."--P. [4] of cover.

Contents:

Introduction: 'Hey you black man, hey you white woman': calling race

Social difference and its history

The obdurate nature of race

Creolisation, multiplicity, education and identity

The racial nature of South African schooling

Constituting the class: integration in South African schools

The asymmetries of contact in the South African school

Reconstituting privilege: integration in former white schools

The complexity of subordination in the new South Africa

Structure and agency: young South Africans struggling against history

Thinking and living our way forward.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0796923809

9780796923806

9780796923813

0796923817

9780796923820

0796923825

OCLC:

792880012

Publisher Number:

99952589932