
Teaching the rhetoric of resistance: the popular holocaust and social change in a post 9/11 world
Samuels, Robert
Analyzes diverse contemporary reactions to the depiction of the Holocaust andother cultural traumas in museums, movies, television shows, classroom discussions, and bestselling books. This work also describes several effective pedagogical strategies dedicated to overcoming student resistances to critical analysis and social engagement. ÍNDICE: Introduction: Psychoanalytic Pedagogy, Cultural Defense Mechanisms, and Social Change - What's a Concentration Camp, Dad?: Museums, Pedagogy, and the Rhetoric of Popular Culture - Remembering to Forget: Schindler's List, Critical Pedagogy, and the Popular Holocaust - Life Is Beautiful, but for Whom?: Transference, Counter-Transference, and Student Responses to Teaching about the Holocaust Freud Goes to South Park: Teaching Against Postmodern Prejudicesand Equal Opportunity Hatred - Teaching Against Binaries: Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust in the Culture of Rhetorical Reversals - Conclusion: From the Holocaust to the Global War on Terror
- ISBN: 978-0-230-60272-4
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 192
- Fecha Publicación: 05/12/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés