Hollywood Films about Schools: Where Race, Politics, and Education Intersect

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Where Race, Politics, and Education Intersect

ISBN: 1403972931
ISBN 13: 9781403972934
Autor: Chennault, R
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: vii, 192 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.04.2006
Auflage: 1/2006
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: GEB

Inter-disciplinary Angle: One of the first books to look at the intersection of race studies, critical pedagogy, and media and cultural studies through an in-depth examination of Hollywood films about schools from the 1980s through the 1990s Pioneering Research: The first book to specifically examine in detail the racial implications and messages implicit in mainstream American movies from this periodPractical Applications: Through his analysis of how Hollywood films about schools have been used to bolster educational ideologies, Chennault argues that these films have much to teach educators today about past pedagogical strategies, and ultimately, how to reform them for the future

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Beschreibung

What do the Hollywood 'school films' of the 1980's and 1990's communicate about education and race? This book looks at The Graduate, Blackboard Jungle, The English Patient, Dead Poets Society, Pulp Fiction, Ghost, The Wizard of Oz, Top Gun and Forrest Gump to answer the question.

Autorenporträt

RONALD E. CHENNAULT is Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Policy Studies and Research, DePaul University, USA.

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