| Description |
viii, 247 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-238) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. Race, violence, and children's culture. White panic and the racial coding of violence -- Racism and the aesthetic of hyper-real violence: Pulp fiction and other visual tragedies -- Animating youth: the Disneyfication of children's culture. pt. II. Public intellectuals and populist persuasions. Public intellectuals and postmodern youth -- Talking heads and radio pedagogy: microphone politics and the new public intellectuals. pt. III. The way things ought not to be: race and national identity. Licensing bigotry without being politically correct -- The milk ain't clean: national identity and multiculturalism. |
| Summary |
"Fugitive Cultures examines how youth are being increasingly subjected to racial stereotyping and violence in various realms of popular culture, especially children's culture. But rather than dismissing popular culture, Henry Giroux addresses its political and pedagogical value as a site of critique and learning and calls for a reinvigorated critical relationship between cultural studies and those diverse cultural workers committed to expanding the possibilities and practices of democratic public life. Specifically, Giroux examines the rise of a new kind of visual hyper-real violence directed at the contemporary youth market. This new genre combines the spectacle of violence with an avant-guarde aesthetic that subordinates its often racist and sexist political messages to the hype of nitty gritty realism and aesthetic formalism. These films, such as Pulp Fiction and Kids, erase the notion of racial justice as a significant category and celebrate a glossy formof nihilism and despair as an aesthetic breakthough in film. Bringing a range of issues together including talk radio, animated children's films, the portrayal of black and white violence, and the rise of the new nationalism, Fugitive Cultures breaks new ground in providing insights into how the culture of violence and racial injustice are shaping the lives of our youth."--Pub. desc. |
| Subject |
Youth -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Mass media and youth -- United States.
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Popular culture -- United States.
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Working class -- United States.
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United States -- Race relations.
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Multiculturalism -- United States.
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Mass media and youth. (OCoLC)fst01011384
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Multiculturalism. (OCoLC)fst01028836
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Popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01071344
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Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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Working class. (OCoLC)fst01180418
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Youth -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01183536
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Ethnische Beziehungen (DE-588)4176973-9
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Gewalt (DE-588)4020832-1
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Jugend (DE-588)4028859-6
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Jugendkultur (DE-588)4114114-3
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Massenmedien (DE-588)4037877-9
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Soziale Situation (DE-588)4077575-6
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United States (DE-588)4078704-7
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Jongeren.
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Rassenverhoudingen.
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United States.
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| Indexed Term |
Youth -- United States -- Social conditions |
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Mass media and youth -- United States |
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Popular culture -- United States |
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Working class -- United States |
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United States -- Race relations |
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Multiculturalism -- United States |
| ISBN |
0415915775 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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9780415915779 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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0415915783 (pbk. ; acid-free paper) |
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9780415915786 (pbk. ; acid-free paper) |
