| Record Number |
22073 |
| ISBN |
0312239327 (pbk.) |
| 0312224400 |
| Location |
371.195 GIR offsite storage |
| Author |
Giroux, Henry A, (author). |
| Title |
Stealing innocence : youth, corporate power and the politics of culture / Henry A. Giroux. |
| Cover title |
Stealing innocence : corporate culture's war on children. |
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Published |
New York : Palgrave, 2000. |
| ©2000. |
| Collation |
197 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Content types |
text |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| General Note |
Cover title: Stealing innocence : corporate culture's war on children. |
| Transferred to library from collection of Dr. Anthony Ashbolt. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-192) and index. |
| Contents Note |
Introduction: Childhood Innocence and the Politics of Corporate Culture -- Sect. I. Corporate Power and the Culture of Everyday Life. 1. Nymphet Fantasies: Child Beauty Pageants and the Politics of Innocence. 2. Heroin Chic and the Politics of Seduction. 3. Kids for Sale: Corporate Culture and the Challenge of Public Schooling -- Sect. II. Cultural Politics and Public Pedagogy. 4. Radical Education and Culture in the Work of Antonio Gramsci. 5. Paulo Freire, Prophetic Thought, and the Politics of Hope. 6. Stuart Hall and the Politics of Education. |
| Summary Note |
Continuing his ongoing and social critique, Henry Giroux now looks at the way corporate culture is encroaching on the lives of children by exploring three myths prevalent in our society: that the triumph of democracy is related to the triumph of the market; that children are unaffected by power and politics; that teaching and learning are no longer linked to improving the world. Looking at childhood beauty pageants, school shootings and the omnipresent nihilistic chic of advertising, Giroux paints a disturbing picture of the world surrounding our children. Ultimately, he turns to the work of Antonio Gramsci, Paulo Freire and Stuart Hall for lessons about how we can reinstitute a realistic childhood for our children. |
| Subject |
Children -- United States -- Social conditions |
| Mass media and children -- United States |
| Corporations -- United States -- Sociological aspects |
| Culture -- Political aspects |
| Civil society |
| Education -- Aims and objectives |
| Free enterprise |
| Industries -- Social aspects |
| Children and adults |
| Politics and culture |
| Internet Site |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol056/99042075.html |
| See Also |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol056/99042075.html |
| See Also |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol053/99042075.html |
