Trevor Norris

Consuming Schools

Commercialism and the End of Politics

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Produktbeschreibung

Through Hannah Arendt's account of human labour, work, and action, and Jean Baudrillard's consideration of the visual character of consumerism, Norris examines how school commercialism has been critically engaged by in-class activities such as media literacy programs and educational policies regulating school-business partnerships.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781442642058
• ISBN-10: 144264205X
• Artikelnr.: 29952427

Autorenporträt

Trevor Norris is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at Brock University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Consumerism In Our Own Schoolyards
1. The Origins and Nature of Consumerism
2. Consuming Schooling: Whose schools are they?
3. Hannah Arendt: Consuming the Polis
4. Jean Baudrillard: Consuming Signs
5. Resisting Consuming: Ruin or Renewal
Conclusion: “What is to come”