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[ecrea] new book Rethinking Popular Culture and Media

Sat Mar 26 13:03:41 GMT 2011



Dear colleagues,

Apologies for multiple landings of this message in your inboxes. I am sharing an announcement of a new publication of interest.

For those who might not know, Rethinking Schools is a critical resource for educators who are committed to fostering the vision that public schooling is central to the creation of a caring, informed, and equitable society. It is a nonprofit organization run by an amazing team of volunteer editors; and that extends to us: neither Beth nor I as co-editors receive any royalties from sales. This was truly a labour of love to bring the critical media literacy work of educators to a wider audience. The activism and narratives of resistance to corporate media and popular culture are informed and inspiring.

The book is available at the ASCD conference in San Francisco going on this weekend, and will also be at AERA. Beth and I will be at the Rethinking Schools booth at AERA from 10-12 noon on Sunday April 10th. If you are attending, come chat with us about your experiences teaching critical media literacy and working with popular culture. We would love to hear about your work!

Please forward the attached flyer to interested organizations, teachers, and educators with whom you are in touch.

With much thanks,
~ Özlem.

NEW from Rethinking Schools!
Edited by Elizabeth Marshall and Özlem Sensoy
www.rethinkingschools.org/rpcm
Rethinking Popular Culture and Media
Rethinking Popular Culture and Media is a provocative collection of articles drawn from Rethinking Schools magazine. It begins with the idea that the “popular” in classrooms and in the everyday lives of teachers and students is fundamentally political. This anthology includes outstanding articles by elementary and secondary public school teachers, scholars, and activists who examine how and what popular toys, books, films, music, and other media “teach.”

These thoughtful essays offer strong critiques, stories of resistance, and practical strategies for parents, educators, and anyone who works with young people.


“ This superb collection is based on the editors’ belief that popular culture matters, that it is a place where young people’s identities are both expressed and shaped by forces beyond their control. The starting point of any defense and reaction to this environment is critical reflection. The essays collected here will provide teachers and educators with an invaluable resource to think creatively about their own pedagogical activities in the classroom. Should be required reading for anyone dealing with issues of young people, media, and popular culture.” – Sut Jhally, Professor of Communication, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Founder and Executive Director, Media Education Foundation

“ Rethinking Popular Culture and Media is essential reading for all educators. Its gripping essays are written by teachers courageously helping students of all ages grapple with our media saturated, commercially driven society. Their passion and experiences provide fodder, hope, and road maps for anyone committed to using the classroom to help children think critically and live creatively.” – Susan Linn, Harvard Medical School, Co-Founder and Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, author of Consuming Kids: the Hostile Takeover of Childhood


Selections from the Table of Contents
This collection of essays includes six ways to rethink popular culture and media:
1: Study the Relationship Between Corporations, Youth, and Schooling

* Why I Said No to Coca Cola by John Sheehan
* Six, Going on Sixteen by Geralyn Bywater McLaughlin
* Bonfire of the Disney Princesses by Barbara Ehrenreich
* My Year with Nike by Rachel Cloues


2: Critique How Popular Culture and Media Frame Historical Events and Actors

* The Politics of Children’s Literature: What’s Wrong with the Rosa Parks Myth by Herb Kohl
* The Truth about Helen Keller by Ruth Shagoury
* Barbie Doll Pocahontas by Cornel Pewewardy
* Mulan’s mixed messages by Chyng Feng Sun


3: Examine Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality, and Social Histories in Popular Culture and Media

* Looking For the Girls by Andrea Brown-Thirston
* Human Beings are Not Mascots by Barbara Munson
* Deconstructing Barbie: Math and Popular Culture by Swapna Mukhopadhyay
* Miles of Aisles of Sexism by Sudie Hofmann


4: View and Analyze Representations of Teachers, Students, and Schools

* TV Bullies: How Glee and Anti-Bullying Programs Miss the Mark by Gerald Walton
* Freedom Writers: White Teacher to the Rescue by Chela Delgado
* Kid Nation by Ellen Goldman


5: Take Action for a Just Society

* Tuning In to Violence: Students Use Math to Analyze What TV is Teaching Them by Margot Pepper
* Taking Action Against Disney by Steven Friedman
* Examining Media Violence by Bakari Chavanu
* Beyond Pink and Blue by Robin Cooley


6: Use Popular Culture and Media to Transgress

* Stenciling Dissent: A Student Project Draws on the Language of the Streets by Andrew Reed
* Knock Knock: Turning Pain into Power by Linda Christensen
* Haiku and Hiroshima by Wayne Au
* The Murder of Sean Bell by Renée Watson








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:Ozlem Sensoy, PhD
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education
Associate faculty, Dept. of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
(ozlem /at/ sfu.ca)
www.sfu.ca/~ozlem
Co-Editor of Rethinking Popular Culture and Media (2011). A Rethinking Schools publication.
www.rethinkingschools.org/rpcm



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