{"product_id":"distancing-the-past-9780231213417","title":"Distancing the Past","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner: Gordon Hirabayashi Human Rights Book Award, Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention: Bourdieu Best Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted: Barrington Moore Book Award, Philip Abrams Memorial Prize, MSA First Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist: C. Wright Mills Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow are histories of racial oppression dealt with in contexts of diversity? Chana Teeger tackles this question by examining how young South Africans, born into democracy, confront their country’s racist apartheid past in high school history lessons. Drawing on extensive observational, interview, and textual data, \u003ci\u003eDistancing the Past\u003c\/i\u003e vividly chronicles how students learn that racism is a thing of the past, even as they experience it in their everyday lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTeeger shows how teachers’ desire to avoid conflict between students mirrors a national focus on racial reconciliation, leading to the historical distancing of the recent apartheid past. This historical distancing allows schools to present a façade of transformation. Beneath the surface, however, the lessons reproduce unequal power relations at school and legitimize inequality at the societal level. In documenting these processes, \u003ci\u003eDistancing the Past\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the subtle reconfiguration of racism in the era of civil liberties. It shows how acknowledging the racist past is not enough. When the past is remembered—but its legacies ignored—racism can continue unabated in the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDistancing the Past\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely account of the remaking of race and inequality in the aftermath of de jure discrimination. It offers vital lessons for other societies grappling with their own racist histories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chana Teeger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42980451909750,"sku":"9780231213417","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_60981316-b203-4c81-800f-b02478a3b2eb.jpg?v=1768561590","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/distancing-the-past-9780231213417","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}