R. Chennault 
Hollywood Films about Schools: Where Race, Politics, and Education Intersect 

What do the Hollywood ‘school films’ of the 1980’s and 1990’s communicate about education and race? This book looks at The Graduate , Blackboard Jungle , The English Patient , Dead Poets Society , Pulp Fiction , Ghost , The Wizard of Oz , Top Gun and Forrest Gump to answer the question.

Table of Content

Introduction Reagan, ‘Rithmetic, and Race Controlling the Savage Enemy: Punishing the Other and Criminalizing Urban Space Isolating and Protecting Whiteness Brining the West to the Rest: The Transmittion of Civilizing Knowledge The Pedagogies of School Films and the Pedagogical Uses of School Films

About the author

RONALD E. CHENNAULT is Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Policy Studies and Research, De Paul University, USA.