1st Edition

Cultural Studies Goes To School

244 Pages
by Taylor & Francis

244 Pages
by Taylor & Francis

244 Pages
by Taylor & Francis

In the context of the growing diversity of contemporary societies and the central importance of the electronic media, the place of popular culture in the school curriculum has become an increasingly controversial political issue. Based on in-depth research in an ethnically mixed, working-class secondary school, Cultural Studies Goes to School is concerned with the relationships between young... Read more
List of Figures, Acknowledgments, Series Editor’s Introduction, Chapter 1 Introduction: Reading and Teaching Popular Media, Part 1 Reading and Writing, Chapter 2 Making Sense of the Media: From Reading to Culture, Chapter 3 A Boy’s Own Story: Writing Masculine Genres, Chapter 4 Hardcore Rappin’: Popular Music, Identity and Critical Discourse, Chapter 5 ‘The “Me” in the Picture is Not “Me’”: Photography as Writing, Chapter 6 Reading Audiences: The Subjective and the Social, Part 2 Teaching and Learning Chapter 7 Intervening in Culture: Media Studies, English and the Response to ‘Mass’ Culture, Chapter 8 In Other Words: Evaluation, Writing and Reflection, Chapter 9 Going Critical: The Development of Critical Discourse, Chapter 10 Solving the Theoretical Problems?: Positive Images and Practical Work, Chapter 11 Conclusion: Dialogues with the Future, References, Index

Biography

David Buckingham is Lecturer in Media Education at the Institute of Education, London. Julian Sefton-Green is Lecturer in Media Education at the Central School of Speech and Drama.