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PS25 .M4 1996
PS25
.
M4
1996
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
0299151700 (cloth : alk. paper)
0299151743 (paper : alk. paper)
9780299151706 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780299151744 (paper : alk. paper)
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Street smarts and critical theory :
[Book]
listening to the vernacular /
Thomas McLaughlin.
Madison :
University of Wisconsin Press,
c1996.
viii, 182 p. ;
24 cm.
Wisconsin project on American writers
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-177) and index.
1. Introduction - Theory outside the Academy: Street Smarts and Critical Theory -- 2. Cultural Theory and Social Activism in the Southern Christian Antipornography Movement -- 3. Criticism in the Zines: Vernacular Theory and Popular Culture -- 4. Stories of the New Age: Narrative, Healing, and Transformation -- 5. The Cunning of the Hand, the Weakness of the Heart: Theoretical Work in the Advertising Profession -- 6. The Teachers Meet the Experts: Vernacular Theory in the Whole Language Movement -- 7. Pedagogy and Vernacular Theory.
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Like academic theorists, who are trained in a tradition of philosophical and political skepticism that challenges all orthodoxies, the vernacular theorists McLaughlin identifies display a lively and healthy alertness to contradiction and propaganda. They are not passive victims of ideology but active questioners of the belief systems that have power over their lives. Their theoretical work arises from the circumstances they confront on the job, in the family, in popular culture. And their questioning of established institutions, McLaughlin contends, is essential and healthy, for it clarifies the purpose and strategies of institutions and justifies the existence of cultural practices.
Street Smarts and Critical Theory leads us through eye-opening explorations of social activism in the Southern Christian anti-pornography movement, fan critiques in the 'zine scene, New Age narratives of healing and transformation, the methodical manipulations of the advertising profession, and vernacular theory in the whole-language movement. Emphasizing that theory is itself a pervasive cultural practice, McLaughlin calls on academic institutions to recognize and develop the theoretical strategies that students bring into the classroom.
Thomas McLaughlin argues that critical theory - raising serious, sustained questions about cultural practice and ideology - is practiced not only by an academic elite but also by savvy viewers of sitcoms and tv news, by Elvis fans and Trekkies, by labor organizers and school teachers, by the average person in the street.
Street smarts and critical theory.
American literature-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.
Canon (Literature)
Criticism-- Public opinion-- United States.
Criticism-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Language and culture-- United States.
Literature-- Public opinion-- United States.
Popular culture-- United States.
Popular literature-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.
PS25
.
M4
1996
McLaughlin, Thomas,1948-
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