Resonances of El Chavo del Ocho in Latin American Childhood, - Schooling, and Societie

El Chavo del Ocho is one of the most influential pieces of popular culture to have hit Latin America in the last 50 years, having, at the peak of its popularity in the mid-1970s, reached an approximate audience of 350 million across the Americas. It is also a rare example of a cultural product that has travelled through Latin America, leaving a lasting impact for several decades. Resonances of El Chavo del Ocho in Latin American Childhood, Schooling, and Societies analyses the phenomenon of El Chavo, and its images of schooling and childhood, Latin American-ness, class and experience. With contributions from scholars emerging from or based in countries including Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia and the US, the book combines reflections from a variety of international perspectives without attempting to compare or reach consensus on any ultimate meaning(s) of the work. The book explores themes such as images of schooling and childhood, romantization of poverty, the prevalence of non-traditional families and the bordering cynicism towards the economic structures and inequalities which, some argue, make the show transgressive and quite uniquely Latin American. Investigating the connection between visual culture studies and transcultural curriculum studies, this innovative title provides scholars with original new insights into conceptualizing childhood, schooling and society in Latin America.>

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• Authors: Erica Colmenares, Daniel Friedrich, Daniel (Teachers College Friedrich, Daniel Colmenares Friedrich
• Assisted by: Dr Erica (California State University Colmenares (Editor), Erica Colmenares (Editor), Erica (California State University Colmenares (Editor), Erica (Teachers College Colmenares (Editor), Irving Epstein (Editor), Daniel Friedrich (Editor), Daniel (Teachers College Friedrich (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781474298902
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-9890-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: New Directions in Comparative; New Directions in Comparative and International Education; New Directions in Comparative; New Directions in Comparative and International Education; Bloomsbury 3PL
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology