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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783857403321

Autore

Giroux Henry A.

Titolo

Impure acts : the practical politics of cultural studies / / Henry A. Giroux

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-135-95866-1

0-203-90624-1

1-135-95867-X

1-280-31690-X

0-203-90500-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

973.92

Soggetti

Politics and culture - United States

Culture - Study and teaching - United States

Political culture - United States

Multiculturalism - United States

Popular culture - United States

Mass media - Political aspects - United States

Technological innovations - Social aspects - United States

United States Civilization 1970-

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 (p. 142-160) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Impure Acts: He Practical Politics of Cultural Studies; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 0. Revitalizing the Culture of Politics: an Introduction; 1. Rethinking Cultural Politics: Challenging Political Dogmatism from Right to Left; 2. Schooling and the Politics of Corporate Culture; 3. The Limits of Academic Multiculturalism; 4. Teaching the Political with Homi Bhabha; 5. Teaching the Cultural with Disney; 6. Performing Cultural Studies; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Henry A. Giroux challenges the contemporary politics of cynicism by addressing a number of issues including the various attacks on cultural politics, the multicultural discourses of academia, the corporate attack on higher education, and the cultural politics of the Disney empire.