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Early Childhood in Postcolonial Australia : Children's Contested Identities / by P. Srinivasan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Srinivasan, P., Author.
- Series:
- Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood, 2731-6378
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--History.
- Education.
- International education.
- Comparative education.
- Educational sociology.
- Sociology.
- Education and state.
- Education--Philosophy.
- History of Education.
- International and Comparative Education.
- Sociology of Education.
- Educational Policy and Politics.
- Philosophy of Education.
- Local Subjects:
- History of Education.
- International and Comparative Education.
- Sociology of Education.
- Sociology.
- Educational Policy and Politics.
- Philosophy of Education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Early Childhood in Postcolonial Australia is a critical narration of how Australian children use cultural markers such as, skin color, diet and religious practices to build their identity categories of "self" and "other.".
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Who Am I? Who Is My Ganga?; Chapter 1 Ganga: Our Beginnings, Our Context, Our Stories; Chapter 2 Boundaries Speak: othering, Othering, øthering Australian / Not Australian; Chapter 3 Complex(ion) Speak: I Am White, I Am Australian. Pookey Is Black, She Is Not Australian; Chapter 4 Forbidden Fs Speak: You Know What Australians Think If You Say You Are a Muslim; Chapter 5 Tongue Ties Speak: I Am Australian, I Speak Australian
- Chapter 6 Terra Strikes Speak: We Can't Let Everyone in, This Is Our Country, Shouldn't We Have a ChoiceChapter 7 The "Whiteness Truth": We Have to Do Something; Epilogue: But Remember She Is Saying, "I Don't Like Brown Skin, I Am White"; Appendix: Ganga's Key "Boundary Speakers"; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137440358
- 113744035X
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