social relations in a multi-ethnic, inner-city primary school /
First Statement of Responsibility
Paul Connolly.
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New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2002.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (x, 214 pages)
GENERAL NOTES
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Based in part on the author's doctoral dissertation.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Key to transcripts; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Racism, culture and identity: towards a theory of practice; The racialisation of national political discourses; Living in the inner city: the Manor Park estate; Teacher discourses and East Avenue Primary School; From boys to men? Black boys in the field of masculine peer-group relations; Invisible masculinities? South Asian boys at East Avenue; The field of feminine peer-group relations and Black girls; The'Sexual Other'? South Asian girls at East Avenue; Conclusions; Notes; References; Author index
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book offers a fascinating yet disturbing account of the significance of racism in the lives of five and six year old children, drawing upon data from an in-depth study of an inner-city, multi-ethnic primary school and its surrounding community. It represents one of the only detailed studies to give primacy to the voices of the young children themselves - giving them the space to articulate their own experiences and concerns. Together with detailed observation of the children in the school and local community, it provides an important account of how and why they draw upon discourses on rac.