The Crisis of Meaning: In Culture and Education

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THE CRISIS OF MEANING IN CULTURE AND EDUCATION PEDAGOGY AND CULTURAL PRACTICE Edited by Henry Giroux and Roger Simon Recognizing that pedagogy begins with the affirmation of differences as a precondition for extending the possibilities of democratic life, the series analyzes the diverse democratic and ideological struggles ofpeople across a wide range of economic , social, and political spheres. 3. The Crisis of Meaning in Cultureand Education, David Trend 2. Margins in the Classroom: Teaching Literature, Kostas Myrsiades and Linda S. Myrsiades, editors 1. The End of Education: Toward Posthumanism, William V.Spanos THE CRISIS OF MEANING IN CULTURE AND EDUCATION DAVID TREND PEDAGOGY AND CULTURAL PRACTICE V O L U M E 3 University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis London Copyright 1995 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota Chapter 2 first appeared as "Nationalities,Pedagogies, and Media," CulturalStudies7, no. 1 (1993), published by Routledge; chapter 4 first appeared inAfterimage 19,no. 3 (1991); chapter 5 first appeared inAfterimage 19,no. 7 (1992); chapter 7 first appeared as "The Politics ofPhilanthropy: Cultural Policy and the Public Interest," Afterimage 20, no. 8 (1993); chapter 8 first appeared in Socialist Review92,no. 3 (1993). All rights reserved. No part ofthis publicationmay be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111Third AvenueSouth, Suite 290, Minneapolis,MN 55401-2520 Printed in the United States ofAmerica on acid-free paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Trend, David. The crisis ofmeaning in culture and education / David Trend, p. cm. — (Pedagogy and cultural practice ;v.3) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8166-2522-0 (alk. paper). — ISBN 0-8166-2523-9 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Critical pedagogy—United States. 2. Educational sociology—UnitedStates. 3. Politics and education—United States. 4. Discrimination in education —United States. 5. Minorities—Education—United States. I.Title II. Series. LC196.5.U6T74 1995 370.11'5—dc20 94-19504 The Universityof Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. ...