Stealing Innocence: Youth, Corporate Power and the Politics of Culture (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780312239329)

Continuing his ongoing social critique, Henry Giroux now looks at the way corporate culture is encroaching on the lives of children by exploring three myths prevalent in our society: that the triumph of democracy is related to the triumph of the market; that children are unaffected by power and politics; that teaching and learning are no longer linked to improving the world. Looking at childhood beauty pageants, school shootings and the omnipresent nihilistic chic of advertising, Giroux paints a disturbing picture of the world surrounding our children. Ultimately, he turns to the work of Antonio Gramsci, Paulo Freire and Stuart Hall for lessons about how we can reinstitute a realistic childhood for our children.

Author: Na Na, Henry A. Giroux
ISBN-10: 0312239327
ISBN-13: 9780312239329
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 06/17/2001
Pages: 197
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.05h x 5.51w x 0.78d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2001 pg. 122