Power, discourse and ideology: Challenging essentialist notions of race and identity in institutions of higher learning in South Africa

Social Work

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-27

  Sewpaul, Vishanthie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; COLONIALISM; CULTURAL IDENTITY; DEMOCRACY; HEGEMONY; LEARNING; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL THEORY; RACE; SOCIAL WORK;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34547104000     PISSN: 00378054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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