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Youth Fantasies: The Perverse Landscape of the Media
Jan . Ed(S): Jagodzinski
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Description for Youth Fantasies: The Perverse Landscape of the Media
paperback. Editor(s): Jagodzinski, Jan. Num Pages: 281 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
Youth Fantasies is a collection of studies conducted in cross-cultural collaboration over the past ten years that theorizes 'youth fantasy'; as manifested through the media of TV, film, and computer games. Unlike other media studies and education books, the authors employ both Lacanian and Kleinian psychoanalytic concepts to attempt to make sense of teen culture and the influence of mass media. The collection includes case studies of X-Files fans, the influence of computer games and the 'Lara Croft' phenomenon, and the reception of Western television by Tanzanian youth. The authors see this book as a much needed reconciliation between cultural ... Read more
Youth Fantasies is a collection of studies conducted in cross-cultural collaboration over the past ten years that theorizes 'youth fantasy'; as manifested through the media of TV, film, and computer games. Unlike other media studies and education books, the authors employ both Lacanian and Kleinian psychoanalytic concepts to attempt to make sense of teen culture and the influence of mass media. The collection includes case studies of X-Files fans, the influence of computer games and the 'Lara Croft' phenomenon, and the reception of Western television by Tanzanian youth. The authors see this book as a much needed reconciliation between cultural ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United States
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
Number of Pages
281
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403961655
SKU
V9781403961655
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About Jan . Ed(S): Jagodzinski
JAN JAGODZINSKI is a Professor in the Department of Secondary Education, University of Alberta. He is the author of Pedagogical Desire: Authority, Seduction, Transference, and the Question of Ethics and Postmodern Dilemmas: Outrageous Essays in Art & Art Education.
Reviews for Youth Fantasies: The Perverse Landscape of the Media
'Provides rich insights for educators and counsellors so that no one concerned with youth or interested in Lacanian theory or postmodernity can afford to do without.' - Mark Bracher, Kent State University, USA