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Cultural Studies and Education: Perspectives on Theory, Methodology, and Practicereviewed by Aditya Raj — 2004 Title: Cultural Studies and Education: Perspectives on Theory, Methodology, and Practice Author(s): Ruben A. Gaztambide-Fernández, Heather Harding, and Tere Sordé-Martí Publisher: Harvard Education Publishing Group, Cambridge ISBN: 0916690415, Pages: 296, Year: 2004 Search for book at Amazon.com When flowers bloom, fences become meaningless. Boundaries fade
out when symbiotic relationships start. In the recent past, the
relationship between cultural studies and critical pedagogy has
been strengthened. The attempt in this edited collection is to fill
the void at the intersection of educational practice and cultural
theory and guide future scholarship in cultural studies of
education. The editors of this significant and timely collection
have highlighted the areas that have not been paid adequate
attention. The articles in this book also provide a new framework
to guide research designs and practices that can be
emancipatory.
The editors bring forth influential works and divide them into
four sections. The first section delineates some of the most
important debates and analytic frameworks and lays out the context
of the book. The sections thereafter deal with gender and queer
studies, postcolonial and ethnic studies, and popular culture and
youth studies. Their contents describe the way pedagogues have
dealt with the conceptual challenges of cultural studies, and the
broad horizon and... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Aditya Raj
McGill University E-mail Author ADITYA RAJ is a Commonwealth Fellow at the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (Faculty of Education) McGill University. His recent publications are on caste differentials of reproductive health in eastern region of India (Sociological Bulletin), and importance of popular education among Gonds tribe in India (Adult Education and Development). He is engaged in the study of the 'youths' of Indian diaspora in North America.
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