Constructing Race

Youth, Identity, and Popular Culture in South Africa

von Nadine E Dolby

162 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

For modern urban South African youth, the concept of "race" persists and falters.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.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik / Erziehungswissenschaften
• ISBN: 9780791450819
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.08.2001
• Größe: 237 x 160 mm
• Verlag: State University of New York Press