Disassembling and Decolonizing School in the Pacific A Genealogy from Micronesia /

Schooling in the region known as Micronesia is today a normalized, ubiquitous, and largely unexamined habit. As a result, many of its effects have also gone unnoticed and unchallenged. By interrogating the processes of normalization and governmentality that circulate and operate through schooling in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kupferman, David W. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Contemporary Philosophies and Theories in Education ; 5
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4673-2
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • �1. Introduction: Where Do We Go From Here?
  • 2. Theory, Power, and the Pacific
  • 3. Atolls and Origins: A Genealogy of Schooling in Micronesia
  • 4. Power and Pantaloons: The Case of Lee Boo and the Normalizing of the Student
  • 5. Certifiably Qualified: Corps, College, and the Construction of the Teacher
  • 6. The Mother and Child Reunion: Governing the Family
  • 7. Conclusion: The Emperor is a Nudist: A Case for Counter-Discourse(s)
  • References
  • Index.