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Author Dolby, Nadine, 1964-

Title Constructing race : youth, identity, and popular culture in South Africa / Nadine E. Dolby ; [foreword by Cameron McCarthy]
Published New York : State University of New York ; Wantage : University Presses Marketing, 2001

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 MELB  305.800968 Dol/Cry  AVAILABLE
Description 156 pages ; 23 cm
Series SUNY series, power, social identity, and education
SUNY series, power, social identity, and education.
Contents Ch. 1. Rethinking Selves: Identities and Change -- Ch. 2. Historical Frames: Apartheid, Identity, and Schooling -- Ch. 3. Daily Life at Fernwood -- Ch. 4. Shifting Ground: The Changing Context of Race at Fernwood -- Ch. 5. Creating Race: The Role of Taste in Youth's Production of Identities -- Ch. 6. Borderwork: Conflict and Connection -- Ch. 7. The Texture of the Border: Portraits of Individual Students -- Ch. 8. The Futures of Race -- App. Negotiating Place: Reflections on Method, Theory, and Being There
Summary "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."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Foreword by Cameron McCarthy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-149) and index
Subject Youth -- South Africa -- Social conditions.
Blacks -- Race identity -- South Africa.
Whites -- Race identity -- South Africa.
Colored people (South Africa) -- Race identity.
Popular culture -- South Africa.
SUBJECT South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1994- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00004238
South Africa -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125494
South Africa -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117000
Author McCarthy, Cameron.
LC no. 00054910
ISBN 0791450813 alkaline paper
0791450821 paperback alkaline paper