A World of Their Own: A History of South African Women's Education (Reconsiderations in Southern African History)
Meghan Healy-Clancy
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Paperback. "Originally published in 2013 by the University of KwaZulu- Natal Press"--Title page verso. Series: Reconsiderations in Southern African History. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
The politics of black education has long been a key issue in southern African studies, but despite rich debates on the racial and class dimensions of schooling, historians have neglected their distinctive gendered dynamics. A World of Their Own is the first book to explore the meanings of black women’s education in the making of modern South Africa. Its lens is a social history of the first high school for black South African women, Inanda Seminary, from its 1869 founding outside of Durban through the recent past.
Employing diverse archival and oral historical sources, Meghan Healy-Clancy reveals how ... Read more
The politics of black education has long been a key issue in southern African studies, but despite rich debates on the racial and class dimensions of schooling, historians have neglected their distinctive gendered dynamics. A World of Their Own is the first book to explore the meanings of black women’s education in the making of modern South Africa. Its lens is a social history of the first high school for black South African women, Inanda Seminary, from its 1869 founding outside of Durban through the recent past.
Employing diverse archival and oral historical sources, Meghan Healy-Clancy reveals how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
Reconsiderations in Southern African History
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813936086
SKU
V9780813936086
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About Meghan Healy-Clancy
Meghan Healy-Clancy is a Lecturer on History and Literature at Harvard University, USA.
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