David E Low

Transgressive Humor in Classrooms

Punching Up, Punching Down, and Critical Literacy Practices

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Produktbeschreibung

David Low examines the multifaceted role of humor in critical literacy studies. Talking about how teachers and students negotiate understandings of humor and social critique vis-à-vis school-based critical literacy curriculums, the book co-examines teachers' and students' understandings of humor and critique in schools.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781032371412
• ISBN-10: 1032371412
• Artikelnr.: 69992291

Autorenporträt

David E. Low is an associate professor of literacy education at California State University, Fresno, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Prologue: Stop Me If You've Heard This One 1. The Gremlin's Work
in the World 2. Humor as a Tool for Sensemaking and Nonsense-Making: The
Doubly Obligatory Chapter 3. Punching Up and Punching Down: A Sorta
Conceptual Framework 4. "A Most Strange Revision": Gremlins, Transgressive
Humor, and Critique in/of School 5. Fight the Power! (This Message Brought
to You by the Power): Teachers, Transgressive Humor, and Framings of
Critical Literacy 6. Dehumanizing Humor as a Catalyst for Institutional
Reckoning 7. No Laughing Matter?: Rupturing the Solemnity of Critical
Literacy Education Acknowledgments