This article explores how child care acts as a zone of governance for immigrant young children, enacted through discourses of multiculturalism implied to be flexible and open. It draws on an analysis of early childhood educators' interpretations and understandings of their own practices when working with racialized young immigrant children and families. It disentangles discourses of sensitivity, tolerance, and acceptance of difference that characterize Canadian multiculturalism, as well as discourses of flexibility presented as a condition for performing acts of sensitivity, acceptance, and tolerance when working with young immigrant children. |
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VERONICA PACINI-KETCHABAW (2007) Child Care and Multiculturalism: a site of governance marked by flexibility and openness, Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 8(3), 222-232. http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/ciec.2007.8.3.222 |
