Shifting race and class in student construction of identities at a South African university
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6030331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tasmeera Singh (University of KwaZulu-Natal, corresponding author), D Bhana (0000-0002-8504-041X, University of KwaZulu-Natal) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 199-210 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1472-5843 • E-ISSN: 1472-5851 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14725843.2015.1074537 |
| OpenAlex | W2110406779 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
The changing social and economic condition in South Africa has resulted in the rising number of middle-class Africans. These changing class dynamics have also seen the changes in the higher education environment, ensuring the intake of more African students into university. Race and class continues to mark student identity construction which has implications for social cohesion. This paper discusses how class troubles an essentialist construction of student racialised identities. We argue that whilst there are shifts in student relations fuelled by the changing class dynamics in society, there are also continuities – and yet these continuities do not proliferate in homogenous ways. The paper discusses the construction of African student identities and the role that class plays in marginalising same-race relations within the higher education environment. Class is illuminated through the urban/rural divide, the role of language and through a discourse of taste. This paper focuses on the constructions of a select group of African students who come from working-class and middle-class backgrounds at a South African institution situated at the nexus of social transformation. The analysis draws attention to class, and the subversion of power relations and hegemonic practices through the mobilisation of agency in students’ talk and action. This paper is important in highlighting changing student relations fuelled by the changing class dynamics and their implications for social cohesion
Class analysis · Hegemony · Institution · Political science · Politics · Social class · Social science · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Second Language Learning and Teaching
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |