Crossing 'Other Cultures'? Reading Tatamkhulu Afrika's 'Nothing's Changed' in the NEAB "Anthology"

Autor/in	Rogers, Asha
Titel	Crossing 'Other Cultures'? Reading Tatamkhulu Afrika's 'Nothing's Changed' in the NEAB "Anthology"
Quelle	In: English in Education, 49 (2015) 1, S.80-93 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0425-0494
DOI	10.1111/eie.12060
Schlagwörter	Poetry; African Culture; Authors; Social Change; Racial Segregation; History; Educational Policy; Anthologies; Reading Processes; Cultural Traits; Literature; Foreign Countries; National Curriculum; Cultural Pluralism; English Instruction; Secondary School Students; South Africa; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lyrik; Poesie; Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur; Author; Autor; Autorin; Sozialer Wandel; Rassentrennung; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Anthology; Anthologie; Leseprozess; Literatur; Ausland; Kulturpluralismus; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Sekundarschüler; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	In 1998 the Northern Examination and Assessment Board selected the poem 'Nothing's Changed' by the South African writer Tatamkhulu Afrika as the last of its ten "Poems from Other Cultures and Traditions." Published in the NEAB "Anthology" (1998), 'Nothing's Changed' became a favourite at GCSE for its vivid depiction of apartheid and its effects. This article revisits Tatamkhulu Afrika's poem, situating it in the context of educational policy, the creation of the NEAB "Anthology," the poem's initial use by Devon Curriculum Services in the 1990s, and its emergence as an object of national study in Britain. It examines how the poem was read under the conditions of its anthologisation and the pressures of examination, highlighting how specific reading practices typically stumbled on the problems of history, cultural representativeness, and literature's capacity to offer a transparent window onto experience. (As Provided).
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