The classics and South African identities / / Michael Lambert

• Autore: Lambert Michael
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Bristol Classical Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
• Disciplina: 700.968; 880.09; 306.4320968
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The classics and South African identities
• ISBN: 1-4725-1976-0; 1-4725-1975-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813885703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Classical Diaspora