The Giroux reader

Giroux, Henry A. (Author). Robbins, Christopher G. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1594512302 (pbk 10)
ISBN: 1594512299 (hc 10)
ISBN: 9781594512308 (pbk 10)
ISBN: 9781594512292 (hc 10)
Physical Description: xxvii, 335 p. ; 24 cm.
print
Publisher: Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, c2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : reading Henry Giroux -- 1. Theories of reproduction and resistance in the new sociology of education : toward a critical theory of schooling and pedagogy for the opposition -- 2. Border pedagogy in the age of postmodernism -- 3. Consuming social change : the "united colors of Benetton" -- 4. Doing cultural studies : youth and the challenge of pedagogy -- 5. Nymphet fantasies : child beauty pageants and the politics of innocence -- 6. Disposable youth and the politics of domestic militarization : mis/education in the age of zero tolerance -- 7. Is there a role for critical pedagogy in language/cultural studies? : an interview with Henry A. Girous / Manuela Guilherme -- 8. Cultural studies, critical pedagogy, and the responsibility of intellectuals -- 9. Mouse power : public pedagogy, cultural studies, and the challenge of Disney -- 10. Racial politics, pedagogy, and the crisis of representation in academic multiculturalism -- 11. Youth, higher education, and the crisis of public time : educated hope and the possibility of a democratic future -- 12. Paulo Freire and the politics of postcolonialism -- 13. The promise of democracy and Edward Said's politics of worldliness : implications for academics as public intellectuals.