1. Antonio Gramsci, Culture and Power -- 2. Don Lorenzo Milani and the Schools of San Donato and Barbiana -- 3. Paulo Freire, Praxis and Power -- 4. Henry A. Giroux's Politics of Hope -- 5. bell hooks: Cultural Production as the Practice of Freedom -- 6. Critical Pedagogy, Culture and Power -- 7. Museums as Cultural Politics -- 8. The Cultural Politics of Fine Arts -- 9. Popular Culture: Engaging the Popular Imagination and the 'Holy Week' Culture.

Employing Gramscian conceptions of hegemony, this book demonstrates the inextricable links between politics, education, culture and power.Based upon in-depth analyses of the theories of Antonio Gramsci, Lorenzo Milani, Paulo Freire, Henry Giroux, and bell hooks among others, this book shows how many hegemonic social relationships are fundamentally educational relationships. In doing so, Mayo demonstrates how popular culture, education, museums, and fine art are both sites of hegemony and contestation.This thought-provoking work will be of interest to students and scholars with an interest in sociology of art and culture, sociology of education, critical pedagogy, cultural studies, museum studies and social theory.

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