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Author Lambert, Michael

Title The Classics and South African Identities
Published London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (161 pages)
Series Classical Diaspora
Classical diaspora.
Contents 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
Summary 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 unive
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Subject 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
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval.
History -- Africa -- General.
Literary Criticism -- General.
Literary Criticism -- Ancient & Classical.
Classical literature -- Study and teaching
Classical philology -- Study and teaching
Education -- Political aspects
Educational sociology
South Africa
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781472519757
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9781472519764
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