Constructing Race: Youth, Identity, and Popular Culture in South AfricaSUNY Press, 2001 M08 30 - 156 pages As apartheid crumbled in South Africa, racial identity was thrown into question. Based on a year-long ethnographic study of a multiracial high school in Durban, this book explores how youth make meaning of the still powerful, yet changing, idea of race. In a world saturated with media images and global commodities, fashion and music become charged, polarized racial identifiers. As youth engage with this world, race simultaneously persists and falters, providing us with a glimpse into the future of race both within South Africa and throughout urban youth cultures worldwide. |
Contents
Foreword | 1 |
Acknowledgements | 5 |
RETHINKING SELVES IDENTITIES AND CHANGE | 7 |
HISTORICAL FRAMES APARTHEID IDENTITY AND SCHOOLING | 19 |
DAILY LIFE AT FERNWOOD | 31 |
SHIFTING GROUND THE CHANGING CONTEXT OF RACE AT FERNWOOD | 47 |
CREATING RACE THE ROLE OF TASTE IN YOUTHS PRODUCTION OF IDENTITIES | 63 |
BORDERWORK CONFLICT AND CONNECTION | 79 |
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Constructing Race: Youth, Identity, and Popular Culture in South Africa Nadine E. Dolby Limited preview - 2001 |
Constructing Race: Youth, Identity, and Popular Culture in South Africa Nadine E. Dolby Limited preview - 2001 |
Constructing Race: Youth, Identity, and Popular Culture in South Africa Nadine Dolby No preview available - 2001 |
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References to this book
State of the Nation: South Africa 2004-2005 John Daniel,Roger Southall,Jessica Lutchman No preview available - 2005 |