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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450445903321

Autore

Cannella Gaile Sloan <1951-, >

Titolo

Childhood and postcolonization : power, education, and contemporary practice / / Gaile S. Cannella & Radhika Viruru

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : RoutledgeFalmer, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-95370-8

9786610231669

1-280-23166-1

0-203-46353-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Collana

Changing images of early childhood

Altri autori (Persone)

ViruruRadhika <1964->

Disciplina

372.21

Soggetti

Early childhood education - Social aspects - United States

Child development - United States

Postcolonialism - United States

Constructivism (Education) - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-171) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. COLONIALISM/POSTCOLONIALISM; 2. COLONIALIST INFLUENCE; 3. METHODOLOGIES OF CONTEMPORARY COLONIZATION; 4. CHILDHOOD AND COLONIZATION; 5. CHILDHOOD AND CORPORATE STRUCTURES OF CONTROL; 6. RECONCEPTUALIZING EDUCATION AS DECOLONIALIST PRACTICE; 7. CONSTRUCTING DECOLONIAL RESEARCH AGENDAS/METHODOLOGIES; AVOIDING CONCLUSIONS: CONSTRUCTING DECOLONIAL POSSIBILITIES; REFERENCES; INDEX;

Sommario/riassunto

To care and educate our young children we must understand and listen to them. Childhood and (Post) Colonization opens the door to the effects of intellectual, education, and economic colonization of young children throughout the world.