Teaching peace through popular culture / edited by Laura L. Finley, Barry University.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Finley, Laura L., editor.

Series:

Peace education.

Peace education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace--Study and teaching.

Peace.

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 pages)

Edition:

2nd edition.

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing Inc., [2024]

Summary:

"Drawing from many disciplinary areas, this edited volume illustrates the many ways that popular culture can be used to teach peace and justice. Chapters address such topics as teaching about racism, domestic violence, structural violence, conflict analysis, decolonization, critiques of capitalism, and peacebuilding, showing how different forms of popular culture can be utilized to enhance student learning. Contributors provide both theoretical backgrounds and concrete lessons using TV, film, music, graphic novels, and more"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Acknowledgments and dedication / Laura L. Finley

Chapter 1. Introduction / Laura L. Finley

Chapter 2. Using horror films to teach about structural violence and nonviolent conflict resolution / Laura L. Finley

Chapter 3. Runnin' from the pharcyde and t.i.'s warzone: Sneaking peace and social justice into the classroom / Wim Laven

Chapter 4. Armageddon it been in effect: Utopia, dystopia, or untopia? A conversation with ursula k. Le guin, sarah pinsker, & n. K. Jemisin / G. Michelle Collins-Sibley

Chapter 5. Dangerous education: Teaching college writing using nonfiction graphic novels / Heidi Huse

Chapter 6. Using popular culture to teach about domestic abuse and healthy relationships / Laura L. Finley

Chapter 7. Stephen king's horror films and child abuse and neglect: Lessons to be learned for understanding, assistance, and prevention / Laura L. Finley

Chapter 8. The critiques of structural functionalism, colonialism, and capitalism using violence in modern science fiction classics: The matrix, alien: Resurrection, and starship troopers / Christian A. I. Schlaerth and Aaron Puhrmann

Chapter 9. Learning to transform conflict through popular culture analysis / Dean J. Johnson

Chapter 10. A literature, design, and arts-based english as a second language (esl) classroom model / Kyra E. Whitehead

Chapter 11. Hearing all of the americas: Coloniality and authenticity in the music of kendrick lamar and residente / Heather Rae Brady

Chapter 12. Conclusion / Laura L. Finley. About the Editor and Authors.

Notes:

Previous edition: 2015.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-87304-31-1

OCLC:

1419057417