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Hollywood Films about Schools: Where Race, Politics, and Education Intersect / by R. Chennault.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chennault, Ronald E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization--History.
- Civilization.
- Conservation biology.
- Ecology.
- Motion pictures.
- Television broadcasting.
- Communication.
- Education.
- School management and organization.
- Cultural History.
- Conservation Biology.
- Film and Television Studies.
- Media and Communication.
- Organization and Leadership.
- Local Subjects:
- Cultural History.
- Conservation Biology.
- Film and Television Studies.
- Media and Communication.
- Education.
- Organization and Leadership.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2006.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Reagan, 'Rithmetic, and Race; 3 Controlling the Savage Enemy: Punishing the Other and Criminalizing Urban Space; 4 Isolating and Protecting Whiteness; 5 Bringing the West to the Rest: The Transmission of Civilizing Knowledge; 6 Learning from School Films; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-185) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230601055
- 0230601057
- OCLC:
- 182530960
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