Henry A. Giroux challenges the contemporary politics of cynicism by addressing a number of issues including the various attacks on cultural politics, the multicultural discourses of academia, the corporate attack on higher education, and the cultural politics of the Disney empire.
FREE Two-Day Shipping for Students. Learn more |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Special Offers and Product Promotions
- Buy $50 in qualifying physical textbooks, get $5 in Amazon MP3 Credit. Here's how (restrictions apply)
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Henry Giroux deftly shows how corporate culture functions as a cultural teaching machine that thwarts democratic practice. By forging links between critical educators and cultural studies scholars, he redefines the crucial role both can play as public intellectuals attuned to the economic, social, and ideological power relations of multinational capitalism." -- Lee Quinby, Rochester Institute of Technology
"There is no one writing in the U.S. today who can bridge culture, politics, and pedagogy as brilliantly as Henry Giroux does in Impure Acts. Once again with this book Giroux remains unchallenged as the premiere scholar of critical and cultural pedagogy." -- Kostas Myrsiades, West Chester University
"Writing with power and passion, Henry Giroux provides a compelling and evocative explication of the political significance of cultural studies and the transformative potential of critical pedagogy. He addresses critics from both the left and the right, and invites all cultural workers to join in a radical project of revitalizing democratic life. In this book, Giroux presents a thought-provoking and inspiring call for analysis and action, an "educated hope" that can counter cynicism and despair. Reading this book reminds us why critical pedagogy matters. Taking its lessons to heart will help us become more astute in our critiques of the relationship of culture and power, and more creative in our transformatiave pedagogical strategies." -- Sharon Welch, University of Missouri at Columbia
"There is no one writing in the U.S. today who can bridge culture, politics, and pedagogy as brilliantly as Henry Giroux does in Impure Acts. Once again with this book Giroux remains unchallenged as the premiere scholar of critical and cultural pedagogy." -- Kostas Myrsiades, West Chester University
"Writing with power and passion, Henry Giroux provides a compelling and evocative explication of the political significance of cultural studies and the transformative potential of critical pedagogy. He addresses critics from both the left and the right, and invites all cultural workers to join in a radical project of revitalizing democratic life. In this book, Giroux presents a thought-provoking and inspiring call for analysis and action, an "educated hope" that can counter cynicism and despair. Reading this book reminds us why critical pedagogy matters. Taking its lessons to heart will help us become more astute in our critiques of the relationship of culture and power, and more creative in our transformatiave pedagogical strategies." -- Sharon Welch, University of Missouri at Columbia
About the Author
recent books include: Fugitive Cultures: Race, Violence, and Youth (Routledge 1996), Channel Surfing: Race Talk and the Destruction of Today's Youth (St. Martin's Press 1997), Pedagogy and the Politics of Hope (Westview/Harper Collins 1997), The Mouse That Roared: Disney and the End of Innocence (Rowman and Littlefield 1999) and Stealing Innocence: Youth, Corporate Power, and Cultural Politics (St. Martin's Press, forthcoming).
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
Within the current historical conjuncture, cultural issues appear to dominate the American political landscape, but in a framework that might best be described as schizophrenic. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
oppositional public intellectuals, academic multiculturalism, political more pedagogical, politicizing education, public pedagogy, critical multiculturalists, other cultural workers, pedagogical conditions, democratic public life, critical multiculturalism, critical citizenship, impure acts, performative practice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Lawrence Grossberg, Stuart Hall, Homi Bhabha, Walt Disney, Michael Eisner, Todd Gitlin, African Americans, Harold Bloom, Stanley Aronowitz, Time Warner, Baby Mickey, Chronicle of Higher Education, Disney World, Mickey Mouse, Raymond Williams, Richard Rorty, Robin Kelley, Andrew Ross, Bill Gates, Boston University, Judith Butler, Olin Foundation, Pierre Bourdieu, Suzanne Lacy New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
Within the current historical conjuncture, cultural issues appear to dominate the American political landscape, but in a framework that might best be described as schizophrenic. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
oppositional public intellectuals, academic multiculturalism, political more pedagogical, politicizing education, public pedagogy, critical multiculturalists, other cultural workers, pedagogical conditions, democratic public life, critical multiculturalism, critical citizenship, impure acts, performative practice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Lawrence Grossberg, Stuart Hall, Homi Bhabha, Walt Disney, Michael Eisner, Todd Gitlin, African Americans, Harold Bloom, Stanley Aronowitz, Time Warner, Baby Mickey, Chronicle of Higher Education, Disney World, Mickey Mouse, Raymond Williams, Richard Rorty, Robin Kelley, Andrew Ross, Bill Gates, Boston University, Judith Butler, Olin Foundation, Pierre Bourdieu, Suzanne Lacy New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 100
books:
See all 100 books this book cites
- Cultural Studies by Lawrence Grossberg on 9 pages
- Cultural Studies by Lawrence Grossberg on 9 pages
- Disciplinarity and Dissent in Cultural Studies by Cary Nelson on 4 pages
- Mapping Multiculturalism (Theory and History of Literature) by Avery F. Gordon on 4 pages
- Border Crossings: Cultural Workers and the Politics of Education by Henry A. Giroux on 4 pages
See all 100 books this book cites
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
So You'd Like to...
Look for Similar Items by Category
- Books > Humor & Entertainment > Pop Culture > Art
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Communication & Journalism > Media Studies
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Social Sciences > Political Science
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Social Sciences > Sociology
- Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics
- Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences
