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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956616203321

Autore

Srinivasan P

Titolo

Early Childhood in Postcolonial Australia : Children's Contested Identities / / by P. Srinivasan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014

ISBN

9781137440358

113744035X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood, , 2731-6378

Disciplina

305.800994

Soggetti

Education - History

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

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.".