LEADER 03386nam 2200457 450 001 9910794164703321 005 20200621172513.0 010 $a1-4744-7264-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781474472647 035 $a(CKB)4100000010673938 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6141709 035 $a(DE-B1597)616317 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781474472647 035 $a(OCoLC)1301546354 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010673938 100 $a20200621h20072003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$a'Half-London' in Zambia $econtested identities in a Catholic mission school /$fAnthony Simpson 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press for the International African Institute, London,$d2007. 210 4$dİ2003 215 $a1 online resource (224 pages) 225 0 $aInternational African Library : IAL 311 $a0-7486-1804-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tAcknowledgements -- $t1 Introduction: 'Half-London' -- $t2 Catholic Formation: Change and Contest -- $t3 Order and Discipline -- $t4 Space and Community -- $t5 Everyday Student Regimentation -- $t6 The Students' Order of Things -- $t7 Contests around Christianity -- $t8 Schools within the School -- $t9 Conclusion: 'And after this, our exile' -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThis book describes and analyses life in 'St Antony's', a Zambian Catholic boys' mission boarding school in the 1990s, using the context-sensitive methods of social anthropology. Drawing upon Michel Foucault's notion of the panoptic gaze, Anthony Simpson demonstrates how students are both drawn to mission education as a 'civilising process', yet also resist many of the lessons that the official institution offers, particularly with respect to claims of 'true' Christian identity and educated masculinity. The phrase 'Half-London' reflects the boys' own perception of their privileged but very partial grasp, in the Zambian context of acute socio-economic decline, of 'civilised' status. The book offers unparalleled detail and insight into the contribution of mission schooling to the processes of postcolonial identity formation in Africa. Its rich and compelling ethnography opens up a strong sense of everyday life within the school and raises compelling questions about identity in plural societies beyond the confines of St Antony's.Anthony Simpson taught at the Zambian Catholic mission boys' boarding school from 1974 to 1997. He arrived in Zambia as an English teacher, but his involvement in the day-to-day life of St Antony's led him to an interest in anthropology and psychology.Key FeaturesA lively account of African mission schooling , examining the process of postcolonial educationA practical demonstration of Michel Foucault's discussion of subjectivity and the invention of self A detailed demonstration of religious plurality in an African setting 606 $aMissions$xEducational work 615 0$aMissions$xEducational work. 676 $a266.02 700 $aSimpson$b Anthony$g(Anthony John),$01544086 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794164703321 996 $aHalf-London' in Zambia$93798009 997 $aUNINA