Border Crossings : Cultural Workers and the Politics of Education

ISBN-13: 9780415951487 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 280 str.

Henry A. Giroux; Giroux A. Giroux

Opis

Since 1992, "Border Crossings" has show cased Henry A. Giroux's extraordinary range as a thinker by bringing together a series of essays that refigure the relationship between post-modernism, feminism, cultural studies and critical pedagogy. With discussions of topics including the struggle over academic canon, the role of popular culture in the curriculum and the cultural war the New Right has waged on schools, Giroux identified the most pressing issues facing critical educators at the turn of the century. In this revised edition, Giroux reflects on the limits and possibilities of border crossings in the 21st century. "Borders" in our post 9/11 world have not been collapsing, he argues, but vigorously rebuilt. In order to have a truly critically engaged citizenry the challenges of these new "borders"- such as the increased militarization of public spaces, the rise of neo-liberalism, and the war in Iraq- must play a vital role in any debate on school and pedagogy.

Spis treści

Introduction Part I Schooling and Cultural Politics 1. Postcolonial Ruptures/Democratic Possibilities 2. Crossing the Boundaries of Educational Discourse: Modernism, Postmodernism, and Feminism 3. Redefining the Boundaries of Race and Ethnicity: Beyond the Politics of Pluralism Part II Cultural Workers and Cultural Pedagogy4. Interview: Critical Pedagogy and Cultural Power 5. Cultural Studies, Resisting Difference and the Return of Critical Pedagogy 6. Popular Culture as a Pedagogy of Pleasure and Meaning: Decolonizing the Body Part III Neoliberalism and the Militarization of Public Space 7. Interview: Politics of Radical Pedagogy8. Challenging Neoliberalism's New World Order: The Promise of Critical Pedagogy 9. Education After Abu Ghraib: Revisiting Adorno's Politics of Education

O autorze

Henry A. Giroux holds the Global Television Network Chair in Communications at McMaster University. He is the author of over 30 books, 11 of which were published by Routledge.