Culture, education, and community : expressions of the postcolonial imagination /

Lavia and Mahlomaholo reexamine how postcolonial theories might contribute to understandings about education in Culture, Education and Community. They provide a critical space in which to interrogate the ways in which postcolonial voices are imagined and struggle to be valued, heard and responded to...

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Other Authors: Lavia, Jennifer, Mahlomaholo, Sechaba
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Palgrave Macmillan's postcolonial studies in education.
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Summary:Lavia and Mahlomaholo reexamine how postcolonial theories might contribute to understandings about education in Culture, Education and Community. They provide a critical space in which to interrogate the ways in which postcolonial voices are imagined and struggle to be valued, heard and responded to. The book takes the imagination of the postcolonial and the experience of postcoloniality as its focus, acknowledging that postcolonialism is a troubling, unsettling and ambiguous concept requiring revisiting and reinterpretation.
Physical Description:xiv, 269 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780230338258 (hardback)
0230338259 (hardback)