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- catalog abstract "Thomas McLaughlin argues that critical theory - raising serious, sustained questions about cultural practice and ideology - is practiced not only by an academic elite but also by savvy viewers of sitcoms and tv news, by Elvis fans and Trekkies, by labor organizers and school teachers, by the average person in the street. Like academic theorists, who are trained in a tradition of philosophical and political skepticism that challenges all orthodoxies, the vernacular theorists McLaughlin identifies display a lively and healthy alertness to contradiction and propaganda. They are not passive victims of ideology but active questioners of the belief systems that have power over their lives. Their theoretical work arises from the circumstances they confront on the job, in the family, in popular culture. And their questioning of established institutions, McLaughlin contends, is essential and healthy, for it clarifies the purpose and strategies of institutions and justifies the existence of cultural practices. Street Smarts and Critical Theory leads us through eye-opening explorations of social activism in the Southern Christian anti-pornography movement, fan critiques in the 'zine scene, New Age narratives of healing and transformation, the methodical manipulations of the advertising profession, and vernacular theory in the whole-language movement. Emphasizing that theory is itself a pervasive cultural practice, McLaughlin calls on academic institutions to recognize and develop the theoretical strategies that students bring into the classroom.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b9815727.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- Theory outside the Academy: Street Smarts and Critical Theory -- 2. Cultural Theory and Social Activism in the Southern Christian Antipornography Movement -- 3. Criticism in the Zines: Vernacular Theory and Popular Culture -- 4. Stories of the New Age: Narrative, Healing, and Transformation -- 5. The Cunning of the Hand, the Weakness of the Heart: Theoretical Work in the Advertising Profession -- 6. The Teachers Meet the Experts: Vernacular Theory in the Whole Language Movement -- 7. Pedagogy and Vernacular Theory.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-177) and index.".
- catalog description "Like academic theorists, who are trained in a tradition of philosophical and political skepticism that challenges all orthodoxies, the vernacular theorists McLaughlin identifies display a lively and healthy alertness to contradiction and propaganda. They are not passive victims of ideology but active questioners of the belief systems that have power over their lives. Their theoretical work arises from the circumstances they confront on the job, in the family, in popular culture. And their questioning of established institutions, McLaughlin contends, is essential and healthy, for it clarifies the purpose and strategies of institutions and justifies the existence of cultural practices.".
- catalog description "Street Smarts and Critical Theory leads us through eye-opening explorations of social activism in the Southern Christian anti-pornography movement, fan critiques in the 'zine scene, New Age narratives of healing and transformation, the methodical manipulations of the advertising profession, and vernacular theory in the whole-language movement. Emphasizing that theory is itself a pervasive cultural practice, McLaughlin calls on academic institutions to recognize and develop the theoretical strategies that students bring into the classroom.".
- catalog description "Thomas McLaughlin argues that critical theory - raising serious, sustained questions about cultural practice and ideology - is practiced not only by an academic elite but also by savvy viewers of sitcoms and tv news, by Elvis fans and Trekkies, by labor organizers and school teachers, by the average person in the street.".
- catalog extent "viii, 182 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Street smarts and critical theory.".
- catalog identifier "0299151700 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0299151743 (paper : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Street smarts and critical theory.".
- catalog isPartOf "Wisconsin project on American writers".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Madison : University of Wisconsin Press,".
- catalog relation "Street smarts and critical theory.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "810.9 20".
- catalog subject "American literature History and criticism Theory, etc.".
- catalog subject "Canon (Literature)".
- catalog subject "Criticism Public opinion United States.".
- catalog subject "Criticism United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Criticism United States Public opinion.".
- catalog subject "Language and culture United States.".
- catalog subject "Literature Public opinion United States.".
- catalog subject "Literature Public opinion.".
- catalog subject "PS25 .M4 1997".
- catalog subject "Popular culture United States.".
- catalog subject "Popular literature History and criticism Theory, etc.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- Theory outside the Academy: Street Smarts and Critical Theory -- 2. Cultural Theory and Social Activism in the Southern Christian Antipornography Movement -- 3. Criticism in the Zines: Vernacular Theory and Popular Culture -- 4. Stories of the New Age: Narrative, Healing, and Transformation -- 5. The Cunning of the Hand, the Weakness of the Heart: Theoretical Work in the Advertising Profession -- 6. The Teachers Meet the Experts: Vernacular Theory in the Whole Language Movement -- 7. Pedagogy and Vernacular Theory.".
- catalog title "Street smarts and critical theory : listening to the vernacular / Thomas McLaughlin.".
- catalog type "text".