Overview

1 in 10 undergraduates in the US will study abroad. Extoled by students as personally transformative and celebrated in academia for fostering cross-cultural understanding, study abroad is also promoted by the US government as a form of cultural diplomacy and a bridge to future participation in the global marketplace. In Documenting the American Student Abroad, Kelly Hankin explores the documentary media cultures that shape these beliefs, drawing our attention to the broad range of stakeholders and documentary modes involved in defining the core values and practices of study abroad. From study abroad video contests and a F.B.I. produced docudrama about student espionage to reality television inspired educational documentaries and docudramas about Amanda Knox, Hankin shows how the institutional values of ""global citizenship,"" ""intercultural communication,"" and ""cultural immersion"" emerge in contradictory ways through their representation. By bringing study abroad and media studies into conversation with one another, Documenting the American Student Abroad: The Media Cultures of International Education offers a much needed humanist contribution to the field of international education, as well as a unique approach to the growing scholarship on the intersection of media and institutions. As study abroad practitioners and students increase their engagement with moving images and digital environments, the insights of media scholars are essential for helping the field understand how the mediation of study abroad rhetoric shapes rather than reflects the field's central institutional ideals

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Author:   Kelly Hankin
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9781978807693

ISBN 10:   1978807694
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   15 January 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 to 99 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction: The Media Cultures of Study Abroad The Personal is Professional: First-Person Travelogues and The Study Abroad Video Contest Intercultural Communication Among “Intimate Strangers”: Reality Television and Documentary Study Abroad House Hunters International: Homestay Movies in the Digital Era Study Abroad’s Diversity Problem: Vlogs as Necessary Media Spy Kids: The Consequences of Global Citizenship in Game of Pawns Study Abroad and The Female Traveler in the “Amanda Knoxudramas”   Acknowledgments Bibliography  

Reviews

Kelly Hankin's wide-ranging and deftly argued analysis of the 'study abroad gaze' is a welcome addition to current debates about tourism, travel, and intercultural exchange. She expertly guides us through such diverse topics as theories of mediated travel, reality television and vlogs, the foreign homestay, and the risks and rewards of overseas experiences. The result is an innovative reading of how this formative, multi-layered educational experience for contemporary American students is continually reframed through film and television. --Ben McCann University of Adelaide, Australia This book offers an original and critical account of an influential domain of media practice--the 'study abroad media culture' through which Americans learn about, experience, and document educational travel abroad. Through deft analysis of diverse types of travel media, including study abroad video contests, 'homestay movies, ' and student vlogs, Kelly Hankin traces how visions of the 'globally engaged student' have emerged from a web of media histories, technologies, institutions, and stakeholders. Media, Hankin convincingly shows us, are central to understanding the fraught politics and transformative potential of international education. --Katie Day Good author of Bring The World to the Child: Technologies of Global Citizenship in American Education

Author Information

KELLY HANKIN is a professor of film studies in the Johnston Center for Integrative Studies at the University of Redlands in California. She is the author of The Girls in the Back Room: Looking at the Lesbian Bar and numerous articles on the intersections between gender, sexuality, and media.   

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