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And I Want to Thank You Barbie: Barbie as a Site for Cultural Interrogation.
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Mitchell, Claudia; Reid-Walsh, Jacqueline – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 1995
Barbie is presented as the perfect cultural site for interrogating margins, borders, and contradictions in females' lives. This article illuminates such issues by interrogating the "cumulative cultural text of Barbie." Texts criticized are: Barbie collector cards; "Barbie" and "Barbie Fashion" comic books;…
Descriptors: Child Development, Consciousness Raising, Criticism, Cultural Awareness
Would We Know African Cultural Studies If We Saw It?
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Wright, Handel Kashope – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 1995
Ngugi wa Thiong'o is widely acknowledged in Africa as a towering figure of African literature, criticism, and political and social commentary. This review examines Ngugi's work as it relates to African cultural studies and cultural studies in general, noting his search for a common global culture and a world language. (SM)
Descriptors: African Literature, African Studies, Cultural Awareness, Culture
Culture, Ecology and Education: The Paradox of Modernism in the Transition to a Postmodern World.
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Schwartz, Elaine G.; Schwartz, S. Daniel – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 1995
Earth's current ecological crisis, rooted in modernist culture, threatens extinction in a historically distinct new manner. Western educators have responded by creating environmental education. Many educators' and authors' voices are the living roots of a transformative and prophetic holistic education for a postmodern world and must be heard…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Cultural Awareness, Ecology, Educational Change
Embracing a Democratic Vision of the Community College: A Critical Multicultural Response to Recent Debates.
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Rhoads, Robert A. – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 1995
Discusses "Strengthening Collegiate Education in Community Colleges" (J. S. Eaton) and "The Contradictory College" (K. J. Dougherty), two conflicting perspectives on community colleges' roles. Argues that both fail to consider the changing needs of today's diverse students. Multiculturalism and commitment to education as…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Consciousness Raising, Cultural Awareness