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Pamela Reynolds contributes a cautionary tale in which, in the context of post-conflict South Africa, she echoes other historians in this issue on the consequences of the continuing blindness to recognizing age as a category that deserves special scrutiny. She points out the losses to scholars, historians, and to societies themselves, of the failure to single out children and youth in the larger effort peacefully to reintegrate a war torn country. This is particularly tragic in South Africa, where the greatest resistance to apartheid came from the young who, consequently, paid the greatest price, but whose sacrifices and suffering may never be adequately recognized, studied, or understood.—M.S.

During the apartheid era, the South African state committed systematic violence against the institution of the family among Africans. Consequently, many South Africans have experienced a dramatic gap between the ideals & the reality of family life. The author discusses individual experiences of South African family life in the context of political upheaval, state oppression, & economic manipulation. She focuses on the experiences of youthful political activists who participated in the revolt against the apartheid regime. She finds that apartheid seriously disrupted their family ties & undermined their security during the first 20 years of their lives. 1 Table, 27 References. A. Funderburg

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHILDREN AND THE POLITICS OF CULTURE -- Introduction Children and the Politics of Culture in "Late Capitalism" -- PART ONE: CHILDREN AND CHILDHOODS AT RISK IN THE "NEW WORLD ORDER" -- Chapter One The Child as Laborer and Consumer: The Disappearance of Childhood in Contemporary Japan -- Chapter Two Have You Seen Me? Recovering the Inner Child in Late Twentieth-Century America -- Chapter Three Children's Rights in a Free-Market Culture -- PART TWO: CHILDREN, CULTURAL IDENTITY, AND THE STATE -- Chapter Four Children in the Examination War in South Korea: A Cultural Analysis -- Chapter Five Children's Stories and the State in New Order Indonesia -- Chapter Six Children, Population Policy, and the State in Singapore -- Chapter Seven Youth and the Politics of Culture in South Africa -- PART THREE: CHILDREN AND THE POLITICS OF MINORITY CULTURAL IDENTITY -- Chapter Eight "There's a Time to Act English and a Time to Act Indian": The Politics of Identity among British-Sikh Teenagers -- Chapter Nine Second-Generation Noncitizens: Children of the Turkish Migrant Diaspora in Germany -- Chapter Ten Children, Politics, and Culture: The Case of Brazilian Indians -- Chapter Eleven The "Cultural Fallout" of Chernobyl Radiation in Norwegian Sami Regions: Implications for Children -- PART FOUR: THE RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION OF CHILDHOOD? -- Chapter Twelve Recovering Childhood: Children in South African National Reconstruction -- Appendix The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child -- About the Contributors -- Index