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ERIC Number: EJ525479
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
Hollywood, Race, and the Demonization of Youth: The "Kids" Are Not "Alright." Movie Review.
Giroux, Henry A.
Educational Researcher, v25 n2 p31-35 Mar 1996
The sexually charged "Kids" was one of the most controversial films about teenage sexuality and youth of 1995. The pessimism and one-dimensionality of the film foster a conservative pedagogy and politics that fail to break dominant discourse about subordinate youth in this country. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Conservatism, Film Criticism, Films, Inner City, Minority Groups, Politics, Racial Differences, Sexuality, Urban Problems, Youth Problems
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Kids (Film)
Note: Reviews "Kids," a film by Shining Excalibur, produced by C. Woods and directed by L. Clark.