Race and Curriculum : Music in Childhood Education /

This book focuses on the near total attrition of African American students from school music programmes and the travesty of democratic education that it symbolizes. Gustafson shows how understanding this history makes a space for change without resorting to the simplistic conclusion that the schools...

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Main Author: Gustafson, Ruth Iana (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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Summary:This book focuses on the near total attrition of African American students from school music programmes and the travesty of democratic education that it symbolizes. Gustafson shows how understanding this history makes a space for change without resorting to the simplistic conclusion that the schools and teachers are racist.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XVII, 264 pages)
ISBN:9780230622449
DOI:10.1057/9780230622449