Youth in revolt
Subtitle: reclaiming a democratic future
By: Henry A. Giroux
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781612052632; 9781612052649
Subjects: Youth; Political violence; Youth movements; Political activity; Democracy
Description: Recently, American youths have demonstrated en masse about a variety of issues ranging from economic injustice and massive inequality to drastic cuts in education and public services. Youth in Revolt chronicles the escalating backlash against dissent and peaceful protest while exposing a lack of governmental concern for society's most vulnerable populations. Henry Giroux carefully documents a wide range of phenomena, from pervasive violent imagery in popular culture to educational racism, censorship, and the growing economic inequality we face. He challenges the reader to consider the hope for democratic renewal embodied by Occupy Wall Street and other emerging movements.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Counter-memory and the politics of loss after 9/11: youth, violence, and the limits of the social; title: Disturbing pleasures: the depravity of aesthetics and the "kill team" photos; title: Norway is closer than you think: extremism and the crisis of American politics; title: Book burning in Arizona: authoritarian violence at home; title: Trickle down cruelty and the politics of austerity; title: Got class warfare? Occupy Wall Street's challenge to casino capitalism; title: The Occupy movement and the promise of youth in an era of savage inequality.