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Baudrillard, Youth, and American Film examines the portrayal of youth in American cinema with Jean Baudrillard's radical social theory and philosophical system. Kline uses Baudrillard's corpus to analyze the troubling effects of the portrayal of youth in American teen films, namely, its contribution to discursive violence against young people which holds such a prominent place in many adult-controlled, modern institutions like schools. This kind of violence has multiple iterations, including the inability to imagine youth as meaningful political actors, the insistence on taking teenagers to be morally impoverished, and the propensity for viewing young people as thoroughly heteronomous. While there are certainly pockets of exception, violent discourses often animate institutional disregard for youth. Kline promotes Baudrillard's fatal theory as a way for critical educators, philosophers, sociologists, and other concerned pedagogues to argue for an alteration in the way that youth is portrayed in American films, and to discourage the negative discourse that have colonized conceptions and treatment of young people.

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Kline's knowledge of Baudrillard is impressive, as his understanding of teenagers and the social systems in which they are fashioned. This book makes a significant contribution not only to Baudrillard studies but to our understanding of youth cultures today. Kline's call for more radical approaches to the study of youth and education is as timely as it is crucial. -- Gerry Coulter, Bishop's University and Founding Editor of the International Journal of Baudrillard Studies In this groundbreaking and original work, the author presents a compelling case for how Baudrillard illuminates the fate of adolescence in contemporary Western society. This is the first and only work to deal with Baudrillard, youth, and film in a systematic and thorough manner; a particularly timely [contribution] as fields like cultural studies of education continues to grow. -- Trevor Norris, Brock University

Kline's knowledge of Baudrillard is impressive, as his understanding of teenagers and the social systems in which they are fashioned. This book makes a significant contribution not only to Baudrillard studies but to our understanding of youth cultures today. Kline's call for more radical approaches to the study of youth and education is as timely as it is crucial. -- Gerry Coulter, Bishop's University and Founding Editor of the International Journal of Baudrillard Studies

Kline's knowledge of Baudrillard is impressive, as is his understanding of teenagers and the social systems in which they are fashioned. This book makes a significant contribution not only to Baudrillard studies but to our understanding of youth cultures today. Kline's call for more radical approaches to the study of youth and education is as timely as it is crucial. -- Gerry Coulter, Bishop's University and Founding Editor of the International Journal of Baudrillard Studies In this groundbreaking and original work, the author presents a compelling case for how Baudrillard illuminates the fate of adolescence in contemporary Western society. This is the first and only work to deal with Baudrillard, youth, and film in a systematic and thorough manner; a particularly timely [contribution] as fields like cultural studies of education continues to grow. -- Trevor Norris, Brock University

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Kip Kline is professor of philosophy of education at Lewis University.

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