Tooning in : essays on popular culture and education / Cameron White and Trenia Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Cameron, author.

Walker, Trenia, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Social aspects--United States.

Education.

Popular culture--United States.

Popular culture.

Education in popular culture--United States.

Education in popular culture.

Critical pedagogy--United States.

Critical pedagogy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The scope and theme of Tooning In aim to insert into the debate surrounding so-called 'popular culture' and its role in shaping society specific perspectives regarding popular culture and adolescents' lives. The authors suggest that popular culture is vital to how adolescents make sense of the world and educators should tap into it as a tool for imparting critical thinking skills and generally empowering students. Tooning In critically examines and interprets concepts of popular culture, with the ultimate aim of inviting readers to re-examine the fundamental aspects of popular culture as a soc

Contents:

Tooning in

The Spiderman curriculum

Critical media literacy

American idiots?

Historical thinking

Moral panic

Global toppings

Kidstory

Digging Dead like me

Giving a Hoot about Holes

Films for the times

Message in the music

Fight Club and the Disneyfication of manhood

Popular culture and the dark side of food

Toys, play and learning

Reading printed pop fiction.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-23398-5

0-7425-5969-6

1-4616-4627-8

OCLC:

854977802