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- American Education in Popular Media explores how popular media has represented schooling in the United States over the course of the twentieth century.
- About the Author: Amy C. Martinelli, University of Florida, USA Andrew L. Grunzke, Mercer University, USA Daniel A. Clark, Indiana State University, USA Daniel Perlstein, University of California, Berkeley, USA Heather A. Weaver, University of Sydney, Australia Kate Rousmaniere, Miami University, USA Michelle M. K. Morgan, Missouri State University, USA Robert L. Dahlgren, State University of New York at Fredonia, USA Leah Faw, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- 229 Pages
- Social Science, Media Studies
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"American Education in Popular Media explores how popular media including mass magazines, radio, film, and television have represented schooling in the United States over the course of the twentieth century. Terzian and Ryan examine prevalent portrayals of students and professional educators while addressing contested purposes of schooling in American society"--Book Synopsis
American Education in Popular Media explores how popular media has represented schooling in the United States over the course of the twentieth century. Terzian and Ryan examine prevalent portrayals of students and professional educators while addressing contested purposes of schooling in American society.Review Quotes
"Jocks, freaks, and nerds. Cheerleaders and homecoming queens. Buffoonish teachers and dictatorial principals. If you went to an American school, you remember all of these character types. But your memories are shaped by powerful media images, dating back at least a century. Sevan Terzian and Patrick Ryan have brought together the best recent scholarship on depictions of school in literature, film, television, and music. These fine essays shed new light on our shared educational past, even as they remind us how often our mass media have distorted it." - Jonathan Zimmerman, Professor of Education and History, New York University, USA
"Make some popcorn, find your favorite chair, and ease into this delightful collection of essays charting the historical evolution of popular portrayals of American schooling. Whether in the pages of the Saturday Evening Post or through the celluloid splendor of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, American mass media have both reflected and shaped popular understandings public education in American life. The essays in this volume critically engage that process through a variety of theoretical lenses." - Benjamin Justice, Associate Professor of Education and History, Rutgers University, USA
"Readers beware. This book will sneak up on you. Collecting chapters by relentlessly innovative, imaginative, and insightful scholars, editors Sevan Terzian and Patrick Ryan, no slouches themselves on the intellectual leadership front, have produceda no-holds-barred historical examination of American education in popular media. It helps us remember and rethink after all, we all went to school. And it exposes in provocative detail the durable imprint of media on the education of the public." - Donald Warren, Professor Emeritus, Education History and Policy, Indiana University, USA
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Amy C. Martinelli, University of Florida, USA Andrew L. Grunzke, Mercer University, USA Daniel A. Clark, Indiana State University, USA Daniel Perlstein, University of California, Berkeley, USA Heather A. Weaver, University of Sydney, Australia Kate Rousmaniere, Miami University, USA Michelle M. K. Morgan, Missouri State University, USA Robert L. Dahlgren, State University of New York at Fredonia, USA Leah Faw, University of California, Berkeley, USAShipping details
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