1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459256503321

Titolo

The textbook as discourse : sociocultural dimensions of American schoolbooks / / edited by Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr., Annis N. Shaver, Manuel Bello

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-86063-0

1-136-86064-9

1-283-04248-7

9786613042484

0-203-83602-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BelloManuel

ProvenzoEugene F

ShaverAnnis N

Disciplina

371.3/20973

371.320973

Soggetti

Textbooks - United States

Textbooks - Social aspects - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 Studies of American Textbooks and Their Content from the Late Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Early Twentieth Centuries; Chapter 2 Education and the Iconography of the Republic: Patriotic Symbolism in the Frontispieces of Eighteenth- and Nineteenth- Century American Textbooks; Chapter 3 Values Expressed in American Children's Readers: 1800-1950; Chapter 4 Images of Women in Textbooks 1880-1920; Chapter 5 Catholic Textbooks and Cultural Legitimacy, 1840-1935

Chapter 6 The Discourse of Americanization Textbooks: 1914-1924Chapter 7 Textbooks and Reconstruction; Chapter 8 The Lingering Impact of the Scopes Trial on High School Biology Textbooks; Part 2



Ideology, Race, Ethnicity, Socio- Economic Status, Gender, Disability, and Religion in Twentieth- Century American Textbooks; Chapter 9 Ideology and United States History Textbooks; Chapter 10 The Representation of Christopher Columbus in High School History Textbooks: A Content Analysis; Chapter 11 Don Juan and Rebels under Palm Trees: Depictions of Latin Americans in US History Textbooks

Chapter 12 Race, Class, Gender, and Disability in Current TextbooksChapter 13 Brown-ing the American Textbook: History, Psychology, and the Origins of Modern Multiculturalism; Chapter 14 Making Dick and Jane: Historical Genesis of the Modern Basal Reader; Chapter 15 Harold Rugg vs. Horatio Alger: Social Class and Economic Opportunity, 1930-1960; Chapter 16 Textbook Content and Religious Fundamentalism; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"The central assumption of The Textbook as Discourse is this: Interpreted in the flow of history, textbooks can provide important insights into the nature and meaning of a culture and the social and political discourses in which it is engaged. This book is about the social, political and cultural content of elementary and secondary textbooks in American education. It focuses on the nature of the discourses--the content and context--that represent what is included in textbooks. The term "discourse" provides the conceptual framework for the book, drawing on the work of the French social theorist Michel Foucault. The volume includes classic articles and book chapters as well as three original chapters written by the editors. To enhance its usefulness as a course text, each chapter includes an Overview, Key Concepts, and Questions for Reflection"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910345131403321

Autore

De Waal Alexander

Titolo

AIDS and power : disease and democracy in Africa / / Alex de Waal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Zed Books in association with the International African Institute, 2006

ISBN

1-350-21837-5

1-84813-609-9

1-281-21558-9

1-78034-520-8

9786611215583

1-84813-054-6

Edizione

[ebook edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Collana

African arguments

Disciplina

362.196/979200968

Soggetti

AIDS (Disease) - Political aspects - South Africa

AIDS (Disease) - South Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A manageable catastrophe -- Life expectancy and public opinion -- Structure of this book -- Denial and how it is overcome -- Private experience and public concern -- Giving meaning to AIDS -- 'Normalizing' AIDS -- Sex and power -- Domesticating AIDS, and its costs -- The media and overcoming denial -- Pavement radio -- AIDS activists : reformers and revolutionaries -- Confrontation and its limits -- 'Positive positive women' -- AIDS and elections -- Activist networks, local and global -- Transformations in governance -- New solidarities -- How African democracies withstand AIDS -- The issue of a lifetime -- 'Weber in reverse' -- How do African states 'really' function? -- Democratic demographics -- The economics of democracy -- 'New variant famine' -- The political benefits of AIDS -- Ugandan myths -- ABC : carefully mixed messages -- 'Fighting' AIDS -- On the difficulties of showing success -- Treatment regimes -- Power, choices and survival -- Lutaaya, 'alone' -- Democracies can manage AIDS -- Democracies do not prevent HIV.

Sommario/riassunto

AIDS and Power explains why social and political life in Africa goes on



in a remarkably normal way, and how political leaders have successfully managed the AIDS epidemic so as to overcome any threats to their power.