Kinderculture: The Corporate Construction of Childhood

Abstract

* Introduction: Kinderculture, Information Saturation, and the Socioeducational Positioning of Children, Joe L. Kincheloe and Shirley R. Steinberg * Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Spectacular Allegory: A Diagnostic Critique, Douglas Kellner * Reading Nickelodeon: Slimed by the Contradictions and Potentials of Television, John Weaver * Kids and the News, Carl Bybee * McDonalds, Power, and Children: Ronald McDonald/Ray Kroc Does It All for You, Joe L. Kincheloe * The Bitch Who Has Everything, Shirley R. Steinberg * Are Disney Movies Good for Your Kids? Henry A. Giroux * Got Agency? Representations of Womens Agency in Harry Potter, Ruthann Mayes-Elma * Professional Wrestling and Youth Culture: Teasing, Taunting, and the Containment of Civility, Aaron D. Gresson * Home Alone and Bad to the Bone: The Advent of a Postmodern Childhood, Joe L. Kincheloe * Power Plays: Video Games Bad Rap, Stephanie Urso Spina * From Tupac to Master P and Beyond: Hip-Hip and Critical Pedagogy, Greg Dimitriadis