Tooning In
Essays on Popular Culture and Education- Authors:
- |
- Publisher:
- 2007
Summary
A collection of eloquent essays, Tooning In critically examines and interprets the concept of 'popular culture.' Many interesting works have addressed this subject, but few have provided a critical perspective regarding the possibilities of popular culture as a tool for teaching and learning. White and Walker suggest that popular culture is a vital aspect of contemporary life and can be wielded as a tool for efficacy and empowerment, particularly among youth. The book addresses such important questions as: What is the role of popular culture in students' lives? What are the possibilities for popular culture in schooling and education? What are the differences between traditional and transformative approaches to popular culture? With essays specifically devoted to film, music, television, games, and other alternative popular culture texts, Tooning In invites readers to re-examine the fundamental aspects of popular culture as a societal force.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2007
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-7425-5969-1
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4616-4627-3
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 159
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- 1 Tooning In No access Pages 1 - 14
- 2 The Spiderman Curriculum No access Pages 15 - 30
- 3 Critical Media Literacy No access Pages 31 - 38
- 4 American Idiots? No access Pages 39 - 48
- 5 Historical Thinking No access Pages 49 - 58
- 6 Moral Panic No access Pages 59 - 66
- 7 Global Toppings No access Pages 67 - 74
- 8 Kidstory No access Pages 75 - 82
- 9 Digging Dead Like Me No access Pages 83 - 90
- 10 Give a Hoot about Holes No access Pages 91 - 100
- 11 Films for the Times No access Pages 101 - 110
- 12 The Message in the Music No access Pages 111 - 122
- 13 Fight Club and the Disneyfication of Manhood No access Pages 123 - 130
- 14 Popular Culture and the Dark Side of Food No access Pages 131 - 142
- 15 Toys, Play, and Learning No access Pages 143 - 150
- 16 Reading Printed Pop Fiction No access Pages 151 - 156
- Index No access Pages 157 - 159





