Zombie politics and culture in the age of casino capitalism / Henry A. Giroux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giroux, Henry A.

Series:

Popular culture & everyday life ; v. 23.

Popular culture & everyday life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy.

United States--Social conditions--21st century.

United States.

Social conditions.

United States--Social policy--21st century.

United States--Politics and government--2009-.

Politics and government.

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

Capitalism--United States.

Capitalism.

Physical Description:

viii, 168 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2011]

Contents:

Zombie politics and other late modern monstrosities in the age of disposability

The politics of lying and the culture of deceit in Obama's America: the rule of damaged politics

Zombie language and the politics of the living dead

Everyday violence and the culture of cruelty: entertaining democracy's demise

Market-driven hysteria and the politics of death

Torturing children: Bush's legacy and democracy's failure: salvos from the culture of cruelty

The spectacle of illiteracy and the crisis of democracy

Zombie politics and the challenge of right-wing teaching machines: rethinking the importance of the Powell memo

Town hall politics as zombie theater: rethinking the importance of the public sphere

Reclaiming public values in the age of casino capitalism

No bailouts for youth: broken promises and dashed hopes

Zero tolerance policies and the death of reason: schools and the pedagogy of punishment

Brutalizing kids: painful lessons in the pedagogy of school violence

Tortured memories and the culture of war

Youth beyond the politics of hope

Winter in America: democracy gone rogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1433112264

9781433112263

9781433112270

1433112272

OCLC:

668990504

Publisher Number:

99943844298