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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813885703321

Autore

Lambert Michael

Titolo

The classics and South African identities / / Michael Lambert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Bristol Classical Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-4725-1976-0

1-4725-1975-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

Classical Diaspora

Classical diaspora

Disciplina

700.968

880.09

306.4320968

Soggetti

Classical literature - Study and teaching - South Africa - History

Classical philology - Study and teaching - South Africa - History

Education - Political aspects - South Africa - History

Educational sociology - South Africa - History

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 (pages 151-157) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Classics and Afrikaner Identities; 2. The Classics and English-speaking South African Identities; 3. The Classics and Black South African Identities; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

The teaching and research of the Classics in South Africa are deeply rooted in the racial, political and educational inequalities which have characterised its turbulent history. In this original study, Michael Lambert opens three windows on to this history, using the creation of identities as his theoretical lens.   The foundation of the Classical Association of South Africa in 1956 and the cultural reinforcement of Afrikaner nationalist identity; the deployment of British colonial identity in public discourses about the role of the Classics in apartheid South Africa at an English-speaking uni