| Elusive Culture: Schooling, Race, and Identity in Global Times Contributor(s): Yon, Daniel A. (Author), Hall, Stuart (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0791444821 ISBN-13: 9780791444825 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $32.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2000 Annotation: A fascinating ethnographic study of a high school in Toronto, with surprising insights into how these adolescents identify themselves in terms of race, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Aims & Objectives - Education | Secondary - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 306.43 |
| LCCN: 99031134 |
| Series: Suny Series, Identities in the Classroom |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.12" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Geographic Orientation - Ontario |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "At one point I thought of myself as a Black person and that limits me because as a Black person there are things that I am suppose[d] to be. So I had to shed that. I am not just Black. I am a woman, and that limits me as well. [But, ]...if I think that I am limited then I don't dare risk anything or try to do anything. So 'bust' being Black and 'bust' being a woman...." -- Margaret, a student at Maple Heights Elusive Culture is a fascinating ethnographic study of youth engaged in a passionate quest for identity in global times. It explores questions of identity and culture at a Toronto high school, a space wherein teachers and students alike shift and slide in relation to the policies and practices of anti-racism, multiculturalism, and the competing discourses of identity. Drawing on personal observations, conversations with students and teachers, experimental work in drama, use of video, and student writings, Yon develops a complex view of identity and culture, one attuned to the ambivalent and contradictory processes of everyday life. |