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

Chennault, R.

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.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2006-04-11

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403972934

DOI: 10.1057/9780230601055

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 192