“Race” and Early Childhood Education

1. Introduction: Thinking Differently: The Call and the Desire
Karina Davis, Glenda Mac Naughton

Part I. Exploring the Politics of Children’s Racialized Identities

2. Discourses of “Race” in Early Childhood: From Cognition to Power
Glenda Mac Naughton, Karina Davis

3. Exploring “Race-Identities” with Young Children: Making Politics Visible
Glenda Mac Naughton, Karina Davis, Kylie Smith

4. The Dynamics of Whiteness: Children Locating Within/Without
Karina Davis, Glenda Mac Naughton, Kylie Smith

5. Intersecting Identities: Fantasy, Popular Culture, and Feminized “Race”-Gender
Glenda Mac Naughton, Karina Davis, Kylie Smith

6. Masculinities, Mateship, and Young Boys: Defending Borders, Playing Footy, and Kissing Meg
Karina Davis, Glenda Mac Naughton

Part II. Exploring the Politics of Adults’ Racialized Identities

7. (Un)masking Cultural Identities: Challenges for White Early Childhood Educators
Karina Davis

8. On “Race” and Resistance: Transforming Racialized Identities—A Personal Journey
Merlyne Cruz

9. Adults Constructing the Young Child, “Race,” and Racism
Sue Atkinson

10. Languages Matter: My Subjective Postcolonial Struggle
Prasanna Srinivasan

11. Working Within, Beyond, and Through the Divides: Hopes and Possibilities for De-“Racing” Early Childhood
Sue Atkinson, Merlyne Cruz, Prasanna Srinivasan, Karina Davis, Glenda Mac Naughton

Nyckelord: Education, Curriculum Studies, Teaching and Teacher Education, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Ethnicity Studies