Early Childhood in Postcolonial Australia [electronic resource] : Children's Contested Identities /
Srinivasan, P.author.
Early Childhood in Postcolonial Australia is a critical narration of how Australian children use cultural markers such as, skin color, diet and religious practices to build their identity categories of "self" and "other.".
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Who Am I? Who Is My Ganga?; Chapter 1 Ganga: Our Beginnings, Our Context, Our Stories; Chapter 2 Boundaries Speak: othering, Othering, øthering Australian / Not Australian; Chapter 3 Complex(ion) Speak: I Am White, I Am Australian. Pookey Is Black, She Is Not Australian; Chapter 4 Forbidden Fs Speak: You Know What Australians Think If You Say You Are a Muslim; Chapter 5 Tongue Ties Speak: I Am Australian, I Speak Australian
Chapter 6 Terra Strikes Speak: We Can't Let Everyone in, This Is Our Country, Shouldn't We Have a ChoiceChapter 7 The "Whiteness Truth": We Have to Do Something; Epilogue: But Remember She Is Saying, "I Don't Like Brown Skin, I Am White"; Appendix: Ganga's Key "Boundary Speakers"; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Early Childhood in Postcolonial Australia is a critical narration of how Australian children use cultural markers such as, skin color, diet and religious practices to build their identity categories of "self" and "other.".
Srinivasan, Prasanna
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