Title Early childhood in postcolonial Australia : children's contested identities / by Prasanna Srinivasan

Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Series Critical cultural studies of childhood Contents Cover ; Early Childhood in Postcolonial Australia; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Who Am I? Who Is My Ganga?; Chapter 1 Ganga: Our Beginnings, Our Context, Our Stories; Chapter 2 Boundaries Speak: othering, Othering, øthering Australian / Not Australian; Chapter 3 Complex(ion) Speak: I Am White, I Am Australian. Pookey Is Black, She Is Not Australian; Chapter 4 Forbidden Fs Speak: You Know What Australians Think If You Say You Are a Muslim; Chapter 5 Tongue Ties Speak: I Am Australian, I Speak Australian Chapter 6 Terra Strikes Speak: We Can't Let Everyone in, This Is Our Country, Shouldn't We Have a ChoiceChapter 7 The "Whiteness Truth": We Have to Do Something; Epilogue: But Remember She Is Saying, "I Don't Like Brown Skin, I Am White"; Appendix: Ganga's Key"Boundary Speakers"; References; Index Summary Early Childhood in Postcolonial Australia is a critical narration of how Australian children use cultural markers such as, skin color, diet and religious practices to build their identity categories of "self" and "other.". Early Childhood in Postcolonial Australia explores how cultural identities are contested in postcolonial spaces by subjects of nation, color and culture in early childhood settings. The book uses participatory action research methodology to gather how language was used in early childhood settings to "speak" of the interaction between the cultural groups of "self" and "other" in Australia. Ganga, the largest river in India is used as a metaphor by the author to guide the narrators and the narratives through multiple theories to surface their subjective attachments to such identities. By doing so, it provides a dialogic form of discourse analysis for researchers and early childhood educators, who want to critically inquire how cultural identities are contested by the "Power" of "whiteness" ideology in postcolonial countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UK and USA "Srinivasan turns to 'Ganga' the river of India as a schizophrenic voice of reason, strength and enlightenment during this cultural identity quest. It is here that she challenges the constant 'race talk' between children, teachers and families. Early childhood teachers struggle with these situations, often choosing to discard the existence of 'race talk', silence the discussion, or justify the intent through multicultural and nationalistic ideologies. This book will help to unlock these conversations giving permission to speak and permission to trouble and engage with the highly stimulating and unique insights."--Tracy Young, Lecturer in Early Childhood Education, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia "This is a must read book that attempts to depict the post-colonial reality for the Australian who wonders about 'being Australian' and the meaning of it in one's own identity claiming as 'boundary speaks'. Srinivasan makes a useful contribution to the academic literature that sheds light on culture, mono-culture, and multi-culture in a multitude of different discourses to understand the burden of being a migrant as pertinent questions are asked about who determines how and what worth one would have as a player in the nationhood and citizenship."--Ramila Sadikeen, Director, Swinburne Prahran Community Children's Centre Co-op Ltd, Australia Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes CIP data; item not viewed Subject Srinivasan, Prasanna -- Childhood and youth SUBJECT Srinivasan, Prasanna. fast (OCoLC)fst01929253 Subject Children of minorities -- Australia -- Social conditions Children of minorities -- Australia -- Language East Indians -- Australia -- Social conditions Ethnicity -- Australia -- Psychological aspects Human skin color -- Social aspects -- Australia English language -- Social aspects -- Australia Early childhood education -- Social aspects -- Australia Postcolonialism -- Australia SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Children of minorities -- Language. Children of minorities -- Social conditions. Early childhood education -- Social aspects. East Indians -- Social conditions. English language -- Social aspects. Ethnicity -- Psychological aspects. Human skin color -- Social aspects. Postcolonialism. Race relations. SUBJECT Australia -- Race relations Subject Australia. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781137440358 113744035X 1137392177 9781137392176

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