Hollywood films about schools : where race, politics, and education intersect / Ronald E. Chennault.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Hollywood released a spate of films about schools. This text offers a study of the predominant messages about education and race that these "school films" communicate.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Chennault, Ronald E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Reagan, 'Rithmetic, and Race
  • Controlling the Savage Enemy: Punishing the Other and Criminalizing Urban Space
  • Isolating and Protecting Whiteness
  • Bringing the West to the Rest: The Transmittion of Civilizing Knowledge
  • The Pedagogies of School Films and the Pedagogical Uses of School Films.