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Disposable Youth: Racialized Memories, and the Culture of Cruelty

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ISBN-10: 0415508134

ISBN-13: 9780415508131

Edition: 2012

Authors: Henry A. Giroux

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Facing a crisis unlike that of any other generation, young people are caught between the discourses of consumerism and a powerful crime-control-complex, and are viewed increasingly as commodities or are subjected to the dictates of an ever expanding criminal justice system.Drawing upon critical analyses, biography, and social theory, Disposable Youth explores the current conditions of young people now face within an emerging culture of privatization, insecurity, and commodification and raises some important questions regarding the role that educators, young people, and concerned citizens might play in challenging the plight of young people while deepening and extending the promise of a…    
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Book details

List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 2/28/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 62
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.198
Language: English

Henry A. Giroux is the well-known author of numerous books and articles on society, education, and political culture. He is Waterbury Chair of Education at Pennsylvania State University and lives in State College, Pennsylvania.

Series Foreword
Preface: Youth Matters: Democracy Under Siege
Youth in the Age of Moral and Political Plagues
Memories of Hope and Youth in the Age of Disposability
Racialized Memories and Class Identities: Thinking about Youth in Post-9/11 America
Beyond America's Culture of Cruelty
Youth Fighting Back in the Age of Casino Capitalism
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Glossary/Index