Hollywood Films about Schools: Where Race, Politics, and Education Intersect / / by R. Chennault

• Autore: Chennault Ronald E
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2006.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43/6557
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-185) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: What 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hollywood Films about Schools: Where Race, Politics, and Education Intersect
• ISBN: 9780230601055; 0230601057
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910960710803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II