{"product_id":"consuming-schools-trevor-norris-9781442611078","title":"Consuming Schools: Commercialism and the End of Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe increasing prevalence of consumerism in contemporary society often equates happiness with the acquisition of material objects. \u003cem\u003eConsuming Schools\u003c\/em\u003e describes the impact of consumerism on politics and education and charts the increasing presence of commercialism in the educational sphere through an examination of issues such as school-business partnerships, advertising in schools, and corporate-sponsored curriculum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst linking the origins of consumerism to important political and philosophical thinkers, Trevor Norris goes on to closely examine the distinction between the public and the private sphere through the lens of twentieth-century intellectuals Hannah Arendt and Jean Baudrillard. Through Arendt's account of the human activities of labour, work, and action, and the ensuing eclipse of the public realm and 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Trevor Norris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442611073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442611078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Trevor Norris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44066218443007,"sku":"9781442611078","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_76ed9bf1-2514-4dfa-8143-ad1dd4135be4.jpg?v=1685405974","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/consuming-schools-trevor-norris-9781442611078","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}