Just published by Westview Press, contains
essays by Doug Kellner and Henry Giroux...
Praise for Previous Editions:
â??Thoughtful and illuminating.â?? ?Contemporarry Sociology
â??An important contribution to the field of
education as it is one of the few books that
successfully makes the argument as to why (in
very concrete terms) educators must pay
attention to cultural studies.â?? ?Educational Research
â??A worthy study by all who work with children.â?? â??Educational Leadership
â??This is a brilliant book, a critical,
interpretive undoing of North America and her
children. We have waited too long for this
analysis of child rearing, media-made children,
and the postmodern family. This is the very best
of critical pedagogy and cultural studies.â??
?NNorman K. Denzin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
â??We have placed the lives of our children in
the hands of media capitalists who are
redefining and reshaping childhood. It is about
time that cultural critics take this issue
seriously. Steinberg and Kincheloeâ??s
collection opens up the possibility of a
rigorous and scholarly debate in what must be
one of the most important issues of our time.â??
?Larry Grossberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
â??A seminal contribution to our understanding
of the role media and popular culture play in
the socialization of children and youth in
America... The picture that emerges from the
book is alarming and terrifying, but also one
that gives us some reason for optimism:
terrifying, because it spells out, in
considerable detail, the deleterious effects
media culture is having upon our children, but
hopeful in that it alerts us to the dangers our
media poses for children and suggests ways of
countering it.â?? ?Arthur Asa Berger, Author of Bloomâ??s Morning<
On the book:
This book reveals the profound impact that our
purchasing-obsessed culture has on our children
and argues that corporate marketing to youth has
reshaped the experience of childhood into
something that is prefabricated. Top scholars in
education, sociology, and cultural studies
contribute insightful essays that students,
parents, and educators will find entertaining
and disturbing. This third edition is thoroughly
updated with examinations of the icons that
shape the values and consciousness of today's
children, including Twilight, Barbie, hip-hop,
Disney, McDonald's, and many more.
Review
Praise for Previous Editions:
â??Thoughtful and illuminating.â?? ?Contemporarry Sociology
â??An important contribution to the field of
education as it is one of the few books that
successfully makes the argument as to why (in
very concrete terms) educators must pay
attention to cultural studies.â?? ?Educational Research
â??A worthy study by all who work with children.â?? â??Educational Leadership
â??This is a brilliant book, a critical,
interpretive undoing of North America and her
children. We have waited too long for this
analysis of child rearing, media-made children,
and the postmodern family. This is the very best
of critical pedagogy and cultural studies.â??
?NNorman K. Denzin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
â??We have placed the lives of our children in
the hands of media capitalists who are
redefining and reshaping childhood. It is about
time that cultural critics take this issue
seriously. Steinberg and Kincheloeâ??s
collection opens up the possibility of a
rigorous and scholarly debate in what must be
one of the most important issues of our time.â??
?Larry Grossberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
â??A seminal contribution to our understanding
of the role media and popular culture play in
the socialization of children and youth in
America... The picture that emerges from the
book is alarming and terrifying, but also one
that gives us some reason for optimism:
terrifying, because it spells out, in
considerable detail, the deleterious effects
media culture is having upon our children, but
hopeful in that it alerts us to the dangers our
media poses for children and suggests ways of
countering it.â?? ?Arthur Asa Berger, Author of Bloomâ??s Morning<
Product Description
This book reveals the profound impact that our
purchasing-obsessed culture has on our children
and argues that corporate marketing to youth has
reshaped the experience of childhood into
something that is prefabricated. Top scholars in
education, sociology, and cultural studies
contribute insightful essays that students,
parents, and educators will find entertaining
and disturbing. This third edition is thoroughly
updated with examinations of the icons that
shape the values and consciousness of today's
children, including Twilight, Barbie, hip-hop,
Disney, McDonald's, and many more.
"We have placed the lives of our children in the
hands of media capitalists who are redefining
and reshaping childhood. It is about time that
cultural critics take this issue seriously."
on Kinderculture, Lawrence Grossberg
http://www.amazon.com/Kinderculture-Corporate-Construction-Shirley-Steinberg/dp/0813344891/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298402602&sr=8-1
