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The Hollywood Curriculum Teachers in the Movies

Paperback • 2004 • English • 2. edition

The Hollywood Curriculum Teachers in the Movies

By Mary M. Dalton

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About the book

This book analyzes 116 films distributed throughout the United States over nearly 75 years, to construct a theory, grounded in cultural studies and critical pedagogy, of curriculum in the movies. The portrayal of teachers in popular motion pictures is based on individual, rather than collective, action and relies on codes established by stock characters and predictable plots, precluding meaningful struggle. These conventions ensure the ultimate outcome of the screen narratives and almost always ...Show more

Films, cinema
Social theory
Educational systems and structures

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ISBN

9780820468211

Publisher

Peter Lang

Published year

2004

Language

English

Edition

2

Original title

The Hollywood Curriculum Teachers in the Movies

Format

Paperback

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