Perverse and improper pedagogies: the case of Freddy's fingers and Russell's head

Bragg, Sara (2001). Perverse and improper pedagogies: the case of Freddy's fingers and Russell's head. The Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film and Television, 48 pp. 68–80.

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Abstract

Criticizes the pedagogical issues of common methods of teaching young people about visual media via textual analysis. Excerpt from a class discussion of the horror film 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' in a media studies course in Britain; Possible rhetorical moves to claim status and material resources for cultural studies pedagogy; Criticism on critical pedagogy.

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• Journal Item
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• 0149-1830
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• Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport
  Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)
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• Sara Bragg