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Title: BREAKING IN TO THE MOVIES
FILM AND THE CULTURE OF POLITICS
By: Henry A. Giroux
Format: Paperback

List price: £38.95


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ISBN 10: 0631226044
ISBN 13: 9780631226048
Publisher: JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD
Pub. date: 30 November, 2001
Pages: 312
Description: This text brings together Henry A. Giroux's best-known essays from the last 20 years, centring on important subjects on the cultural studies and pop culture agenda, including violence, race, class, gender, identity, politics, and children's culture.
Synopsis: Breaking in to the Movies brings together Henry A. Giroux's best-known essays from the last twenty years, centering on important subjects on the cultural studies and pop culture agenda, including violence, race, class, gender, identity, politics, and children's culture. The volume charts his career as one of the most astute observers of the Hollywood tradition, from early reflections on Norma Rae and Looking for Mister Goodbar to ground-breaking analyses of more recent movies such as Pulp Fiction, Dead Poets Society, Dangerous Minds, and Fight Club. By addressing the profound pedagogical role of film in contemporary society, Giroux demonstrates how it dramatically shapes the way young people come to terms with today's most charged social issues.
Illustrations: 0
Publication: UK
Imprint: Blackwell Publishers
Returns: Returnable
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