Race for education: gender, white tone, and schooling in South Africa

"This book adds to existing research exposing continued inequalities in South Africa's education facilities and exam results. However, it rethinks South Africa's political transition by revealing how the prestige of whiteness, or what it calls "white tone," became reformulat...

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Main Author: Hunter, Mark 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London International African Institute 2019
Cambridge ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press
Series:International African library 60
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Online Access:DE-12
DE-473
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Summary:"This book adds to existing research exposing continued inequalities in South Africa's education facilities and exam results. However, it rethinks South Africa's political transition by revealing how the prestige of whiteness, or what it calls "white tone," became reformulated in the everyday workings of a marketised education system. It shows how "white" phenotypic traits retain value in society even if some better-off "black" people can now buy prestigious cultural dispositions"--
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 304 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781108635189
9781108575331
DOI:10.1017/9781108635189