Cultural Pedagogy: Art/Education/Politics by David Trend (English) Paperback Boo

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He argues that we need to redefine concepts like art, literature, and education, to integrate them more fully into our lives.On one hand, Trend uses a critical approach to examine how cultural work and pedagogy intersect within a range of discourses such as Marxist, feminist, deconstructionist and postcolonial.

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In recent years, debates over culture and education have entered the public consciousness as never before. Politicians, bureaucrats, and scholars have credited these endeavors with the capacity to influence matters ranging from public morality to national productivity. Trend examines points at which art and learning intersect in both traditional and nontraditional settings and offers a variety of alternatives for the construction of a new cultural pedagogy. He argues that we need to redefine concepts like art, literature, and education, to integrate them more fully into our lives.On one hand, Trend uses a critical approach to examine how cultural work and pedagogy intersect within a range of discourses such as Marxist, feminist, deconstructionist and postcolonial. Yet on the other, he focuses on the use of specific examples of cultural practice within and outside the classroom to emphasize the importance of action as well as philosophy to bring about social change. Trend provides a theoretical overview of the ideological battles over texts and their discursive contexts and then analyzes how cultural education has evolved in such settings as the school, the university, and the community. He concludes with a discussion of pedagogy and democracy which suggests a range of possible resolutions.

Author Biography

DAVID TREND is most recently co-director of programs at the Capp Street Project, a nonprofit alternative arts organization. Trend spent five years as editor of Afterimage, the award-winning progressive visual arts publication. He lectures nationally on media and culture and has written over 80 articles and essays for such periodicals as Afterimage, Art in America, Cultural Studies, and Exposure. He holds an MFA in visual arts studies from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Radical EpistemologiesCulture and Pedagogy: Theories of Oppositional PracticeLiving in the Material World: Institutions and EconomiesIs There a Class in This Text?: Writers, Readers, and the Contest of MeaningCommunity and Agency: The Ties That BindNew Discursive Spaces: Reinventing the Public SphereChanging the Subject: Pedagogy and CitizenshipSelected BibliographyIndex

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Trend provides a compelling argument for integrating education and the arts more fully into our lives--both in theory and in practice. His theoretical overview of the ideological battles over texts and their discursive contexts leads to a call for a new cultural pedagogy.

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In recent years, debates over culture and education have entered the public consciousness as never before. Politicians, bureaucrats, and scholars have credited these endeavors with the capacity to influence matters ranging from public morality to national productivity. Trend examines points at which art and learning intersect in both traditional and nontraditional settings and offers a variety of alternatives for the construction of a new cultural pedagogy. He argues that we need to redefine concepts like art, literature, and education, to integrate them more fully into our lives. On one hand, Trend uses a critical approach to examine how cultural work and pedagogy intersect within a range of discourses such as Marxist, feminist, deconstructionist and postcolonial. Yet on the other, he focuses on the use of specific examples of cultural practice within and outside the classroom to emphasize the importance of action as well as philosophy to bring about social change. Trend provides a theoretical overview of the ideological battles over texts and their discursive contexts and then analyzes how cultural education has evolved in such settings as the school, the university, and the community. He concludes with a discussion of pedagogy and democracy which suggests a range of possible resolutions.

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Trend provides a compelling argument for integrating education and the arts more fully into our lives--both in theory and in practice. His theoretical overview of the ideological battles over texts and their discursive contexts leads to a call for a new cultural pedagogy.

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Details ISBN0897892577 Author David Trend Year 1992 ISBN-10 0897892577 ISBN-13 9780897892575 Format Paperback Country of Publication United States DEWEY 306.432 Language English Media Book Publication Date 1992-04-20 Place of Publication Westport Affiliation University of California, Irvine Illustrations black & white illustrations Pages 192 Series Critical Studies in Education & Culture Short Title CULTURAL PEDAGOGY REV/E Edition Description Revised Edition New edition Subtitle Art/Education/Politics Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc DOI 10.1604/9780897892575 UK Release Date 1992-04-20 NZ Release Date 1992-04-20 US Release Date 1992-04-20 Audience Age 7-17 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Alternative 9780897892568 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 1992-04-19 We've got this

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