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Autore |
Chennault Ronald E |
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Titolo |
Hollywood Films about Schools: Where Race, Politics, and Education Intersect / / by R. Chennault |
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2006.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (201 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Civilization - History |
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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-185) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What do the Hollywood 'school films' of the 1980's and 1990's communicate about education and race? This book looks at The |
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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. |
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