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

By Ronald E. Chennault

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349534161
• ISBN13: 9781349534166
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"