The Sacrificed Generation : Youth, History, and the Colonized Mind in Madagascar /

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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 school children.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sharp, Lesley Alexandra
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Youth > Political activity.
Youth.
Imperialism.
Education.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > Teenagers.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > Adolescence.
Imperialisme.
Jeunesse > Activite politique > Madagascar.
Jeunesse > Madagascar.
Youth > Political activity > Madagascar.
Education > Madagascar.
Youth > Madagascar.
Madagascar.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations; Tables; Acknowledgments; Notes on the Text; Introduction; Chapter 1: Youth and the Colonized Mind; Part Two: The Perplexities of Urban Schooling: Sacrifice, Suffering, and Survival; Chapter 2: The Sacrificed Generation; Chapter 3: The Life and Hard Times of the School Migrant; Part Three: Freedom, Labor, and Loyalty; Chapter 4: The Resurgence of Royal Power; Chapter 5: Our Grandfathers Went to War; Chapter 6: Laboring for the Colony; Part Four: Youth and the Nation: Schooling and Its Perils; Chapter 7: Girls and Sex and Other Urban Diversions.

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