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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9780812200676

Content: "A sophisticated and sympathetic portrayal of the 'dynamic tensions' faced by second-generation British Sikhs coming of age in Thatcherite Britain of the late 1980s and early 1990s. . . . An accessible book that can profitably be read by anthropologists, educators, and all those concerned with issues of citizenship and ethnic pluralism in modern nation-states."—Anthropos

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , 1. Introduction: A Different Immigration Story -- , 2. From Subjects to Citizens -- , 3. The Politics of Language Recognition -- , 4. "Becoming like Us" -- , 5. Mediated Traditions -- , 6. "You Can't Be Religious and Be Westernized" -- , 7. "There's a Time to Act English and a Time to Act Indian" -- , 8. Consciousness, Self-Awareness, and the Life Path -- , Epilogue: An Unfinished Story -- , Notes -- , Works Cited -- , Index -- , Acknowledgments , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.9783/9780812200676

URL: https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812200676

URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3441518

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Format: IX, 178 p. 1 illus. , online resource.

ISBN: 9781137547866

Series Statement: Anthropological Studies of Education

Content: This book examines diverse ways in which young people from around the world envision and prepare for their future education, careers, and families. The book features cutting-edge anthropological essays including ethnographic accounts of schooling in India, South Africa, the US, Bhutan, Tanzania, and Nigeria. Each chapter focuses on today’s generation of students and on students' use of education to create new possibilities for themselves. This volume will be of particular interest to practicing teachers and anthropologists and to readers who seek an ethnographic understanding of the world as seen through the eyes of students.

Note: CHAPTER 1: Student Futures and the Politics of Possibility -- Part One - Aspirations -- CHAPTER 2: Aspiration as Capacity and Compulsion: The Futures of Urban Middle-Class Youth in India -- CHAPTER 3: “Too Good to Teach”: Bhutanese Students and the Hierarchy of Aspiration -- CHAPTER 4: A "Golden Generation"? Framing the Future among Senior Students at Gülen-inspired Schools in Urban Tanzania -- CHAPTER 5: Aspiration, Piety, and Traditionalism among Indonesian Islamic Boarding School Girls -- Part Two - Realizations -- CHAPTER 6: Schooling in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Hopes, Struggles, and Contested Responsibilities -- CHAPTER 7: Betrayed Futures: Uneconomic Schooling in Liberalizing Kerala (India) -- CHAPTER 8: Practice for the Future: The Aspirational Politics of Nigerian Students -- CHAPTER 9: Hopeful Engagement: The Sentimental Education of University-Sponsored Service-Learning -- Part Three - Afterword -- CHAPTER 10: Reflections on Student Futures and Political Possibilities: An Afterword. .

In: Springer eBooks

Additional Edition: Printed edition: ISBN 9781137547859

Language: English

Subjects: Education , Ethnology , Sociology

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-54786-6

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54786-6

URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)

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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9780812200676

Content: "A sophisticated and sympathetic portrayal of the 'dynamic tensions' faced by second-generation British Sikhs coming of age in Thatcherite Britain of the late 1980s and early 1990s. . . . An accessible book that can profitably be read by anthropologists, educators, and all those concerned with issues of citizenship and ethnic pluralism in modern nation-states."—Anthropos

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , 1. Introduction: A Different Immigration Story -- , 2. From Subjects to Citizens -- , 3. The Politics of Language Recognition -- , 4. "Becoming like Us" -- , 5. Mediated Traditions -- , 6. "You Can't Be Religious and Be Westernized" -- , 7. "There's a Time to Act English and a Time to Act Indian" -- , 8. Consciousness, Self-Awareness, and the Life Path -- , Epilogue: An Unfinished Story -- , Notes -- , Works Cited -- , Index -- , Acknowledgments , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.9783/9780812200676

URL: https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812200676

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Format: 258 S

ISBN: 081223667X , 0812218116

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Language: English

Keywords: Großbritannien ; Sikh ; Jugend ; Nationale Minderheit

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy035/2002020308.html

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Format: ix, 178 Seiten.

ISBN: 1-137-54785-5 , 978-1-137-54785-9

Series Statement: Anthropological studies of education

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-137-54786-6

Language: English

Subjects: Education , Ethnology , Sociology

Keywords: Student ; Politik ; Jugend ; Erziehung ; Zukunftsplanung

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Format: 1 online resource (IX, 178 p. 1 illus.)

Edition: 1st ed. 2017.

ISBN: 1-137-54786-3

Series Statement: Anthropological Studies of Education

Content: This book examines diverse ways in which young people from around the world envision and prepare for their future education, careers, and families. The book features cutting-edge anthropological essays including ethnographic accounts of schooling in India, South Africa, the US, Bhutan, Tanzania, and Nigeria. Each chapter focuses on today’s generation of students and on students' use of education to create new possibilities for themselves. This volume will be of particular interest to practicing teachers and anthropologists and to readers who seek an ethnographic understanding of the world as seen through the eyes of students.

Note: CHAPTER 1: Student Futures and the Politics of Possibility -- Part One - Aspirations -- CHAPTER 2: Aspiration as Capacity and Compulsion: The Futures of Urban Middle-Class Youth in India -- CHAPTER 3: “Too Good to Teach”: Bhutanese Students and the Hierarchy of Aspiration -- CHAPTER 4: A "Golden Generation"? Framing the Future among Senior Students at Gülen-inspired Schools in Urban Tanzania -- CHAPTER 5: Aspiration, Piety, and Traditionalism among Indonesian Islamic Boarding School Girls -- Part Two - Realizations -- CHAPTER 6: Schooling in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Hopes, Struggles, and Contested Responsibilities -- CHAPTER 7: Betrayed Futures: Uneconomic Schooling in Liberalizing Kerala (India) -- CHAPTER 8: Practice for the Future: The Aspirational Politics of Nigerian Students -- CHAPTER 9: Hopeful Engagement: The Sentimental Education of University-Sponsored Service-Learning -- Part Three - Afterword -- CHAPTER 10: Reflections on Student Futures and Political Possibilities: An Afterword. .

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-349-71457-7

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-137-54785-5

Language: English

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-54786-6