02746nam 2200685 a 450 991078423770332120230829000227.00-230-60105-710.1057/9780230601055(CKB)1000000000342564(EBL)307857(OCoLC)182530960(SSID)ssj0001658673(PQKBManifestationID)16437887(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001658673(PQKBWorkID)14989947(PQKB)10875356(SSID)ssj0000172576(PQKBManifestationID)11182780(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000172576(PQKBWorkID)10171453(PQKB)11545357(DE-He213)978-0-230-60105-5(MiAaPQ)EBC307857(Au-PeEL)EBL307857(CaPaEBR)ebr10167455(EXLCZ)99100000000034256420051123d2006 uy 0engurnn|008mamaatxtccrHollywood films about schools[electronic resource] where race, politics, and education intersect /Ronald E. Chennault1st ed.New York, N.Y. Palgrave Macmillan20061 online resource (201 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-349-53416-1 1-4039-7293-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-185) and index.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; IndexWhat do the Hollywood 'school films' of the 1980's and 1990's communicate about education and race? This book looks at The 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.Schools in motion picturesEducation in motion picturesRace relations in motion picturesMotion picturesUnited StatesSchools in motion pictures.Education in motion pictures.Race relations in motion pictures.Motion pictures791.43/6557Chennault Ronald E1470802MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784237703321Hollywood films about schools3682860UNINA