Handbook of Cultural Studies and Education

<p>The <i>Handbook of Cultural Studies in Education</i> brings together interdisciplinary voices to ask critical questions about the meanings of diverse forms of cultural studies and the ways in which it can enrich both education scholarship and practice. Examining multiple forms mechanisms and actors of resistance in cultural studies it seeks to bridge the gap between theory and practice by examining the theme of resistance in multiple fields and contested spaces from a holistic multi-dimensional perspective converging insights from leading scholars practitioners and community activists. Particular focus is paid to the practical role and impact of these converging fields in challenging rupturing subverting and changing the dominant socio-economic political and cultural forces that work to maintain injustice and inequity in various educational contexts. With contributions from international scholars this handbook serves as a key transdisciplinary resource for scholars and students interested in how and in what forms Cultural Studies can be applied to education.</p>