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The sacrificed generation : youth, history, and the colonized mind in Madagascar / Lesley A. Sharp.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: xv, 377 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0520229509
  • 9780520229501
  • 0520229517
  • 9780520229518
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.23509691 21
LOC classification:
  • HQ799.M25 S53 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
I. The reconstruction of a children's history -- Introduction -- 1. Youth and the colonized mind -- II. The perplexities of urban schooling: sacrifice, suffering, and survival -- 2. The sacrificed generation -- 3. The life and hard times of the school migrant -- III. Freedom, labor, and loyalty -- 4. The resurgence of royal power -- 5. Our Grandfathers went to war -- 6. Laboring for the colony -- IV. Youth and the nation: schooling and its perils -- 7. Girls and sex and other urban diversions -- 8. The social worth of children -- Conclusion: youth in an age of nationalism -- --
List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on the Text -- Pt. I. The Reconstruction of a Children's History -- 1. Youth and the Colonized Mind -- Pt. II. The Perplexities of Urban Schooling: Sacrifice, Suffering, and Survival -- 2. The Sacrificed Generation -- 3. The Life and Hard Times of the School Migrant -- Pt. III. Freedom, Labor, and Loyalty -- 4. The Resurgence of Royal Power -- 5. Our Grandfathers Went to War -- 6. Laboring for the Colony -- Pt. IV. Youth and the Nation: Schooling and Its Perils -- 7. Girls and Sex and Other Urban Diversions -- 8. The Social Worth of Children -- Conclusion: Youth in an Age of Nationalism -- App. 1: A Guide to Key Informants -- App. 2. Population Figures for Madagascar, 1900-1994 -- App. 3. Population Figures for Ambanja and the Sambirano Valley -- App. 4. Schools in Ambanja and the Sambirano Valley -- App. 5. Enrollment Figures for Select Ambanja Schools -- App. 6. BAC Results at the State-Run Lycee Tsiaraso 1, 1990-1994 -- App. 7. Students' Aspirations -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Summary: "Youth and identity politics figure prominently in this provocative study of personal and collective memory in Madagascar. A deeply nuanced ethnography of historical consciousness, it challenges many cross-cultural investigations of youth, for its key actors are not adults but schoolchildren. Lesley Sharp refutes dominant assumptions that African children are the helpless victims of postcolonial crises, incapable of organized, sustained collective thought or action.She insists instead on the political agency of Malagasy youth who, as they decipher their current predicament, offer potent, historicized critiques of colonial violence, nationalist resistance, foreign mass media, and schoolyard survival. Sharp asserts that autobiography and national history are inextricably linked and therefore must be read in tandem, a process that exposes how political consciousness is forged in the classroom, within the home, and on the street in Madagascar.Keywords: Critical pedagogy"--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. The reconstruction of a children's history -- Introduction -- 1. Youth and the colonized mind -- II. The perplexities of urban schooling: sacrifice, suffering, and survival -- 2. The sacrificed generation -- 3. The life and hard times of the school migrant -- III. Freedom, labor, and loyalty -- 4. The resurgence of royal power -- 5. Our Grandfathers went to war -- 6. Laboring for the colony -- IV. Youth and the nation: schooling and its perils -- 7. Girls and sex and other urban diversions -- 8. The social worth of children -- Conclusion: youth in an age of nationalism -- --

List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on the Text -- Pt. I. The Reconstruction of a Children's History -- 1. Youth and the Colonized Mind -- Pt. II. The Perplexities of Urban Schooling: Sacrifice, Suffering, and Survival -- 2. The Sacrificed Generation -- 3. The Life and Hard Times of the School Migrant -- Pt. III. Freedom, Labor, and Loyalty -- 4. The Resurgence of Royal Power -- 5. Our Grandfathers Went to War -- 6. Laboring for the Colony -- Pt. IV. Youth and the Nation: Schooling and Its Perils -- 7. Girls and Sex and Other Urban Diversions -- 8. The Social Worth of Children -- Conclusion: Youth in an Age of Nationalism -- App. 1: A Guide to Key Informants -- App. 2. Population Figures for Madagascar, 1900-1994 -- App. 3. Population Figures for Ambanja and the Sambirano Valley -- App. 4. Schools in Ambanja and the Sambirano Valley -- App. 5. Enrollment Figures for Select Ambanja Schools -- App. 6. BAC Results at the State-Run Lycee Tsiaraso 1, 1990-1994 -- App. 7. Students' Aspirations -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.

"Youth and identity politics figure prominently in this provocative study of personal and collective memory in Madagascar. A deeply nuanced ethnography of historical consciousness, it challenges many cross-cultural investigations of youth, for its key actors are not adults but schoolchildren. Lesley Sharp refutes dominant assumptions that African children are the helpless victims of postcolonial crises, incapable of organized, sustained collective thought or action.She insists instead on the political agency of Malagasy youth who, as they decipher their current predicament, offer potent, historicized critiques of colonial violence, nationalist resistance, foreign mass media, and schoolyard survival. Sharp asserts that autobiography and national history are inextricably linked and therefore must be read in tandem, a process that exposes how political consciousness is forged in the classroom, within the home, and on the street in Madagascar.Keywords: Critical pedagogy"--Publisher description.

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