Journal article
Racialised schooling, 'Ethnic Success' and Asian-Australian students
British Journal of Sociology in Education, Vol.23(2), pp.193-207
2002
Abstract
Based on discussions with Asian-Australian young women at a mixed-sex, Australia State high school, this article argues that the pro-school conformity of Asian-Australian young women sets them in a problematic and precarious relationship to the material and symbolic and processes of racialisation. The first part of the article identifies the limitations of research into the pro-school/anti-school orientations of minority students, arguing that most accounts are based on theories of culture, acculturation, class and gender, and class and race that neglect an analysis of race and sex. I then argue that practices of racialisation and sexualisation actually sustain pro-school culture and Asian female group associations. While these formations are effective in securing Asian female educational success, they are also problematic because they limit the educational possibilities and employment opportunities of Asian young women in Australia.
Details
- Title
- Racialised schooling, 'Ethnic Success' and Asian-Australian students
- Authors
- Julie M Matthews (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Publication details
- British Journal of Sociology in Education, Vol.23(2), pp.193-207
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2002
- DOI
- 10.1080/01425690220137710
- ISSN
- 0142-5692
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448773902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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