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Resonances of El Chavo del Ocho in Latin American childhood, schooling and societies /

"El Chavo del Ocho is one of the most influential pieces of popular culture to have hit Latin America in the last 50 years, having, at the peak of its popularity in the mid-1970s, reached an approximate audience of 350 million across the Americas. It is also a rare example of a cultural product...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Friedrich, Daniel S. (Editor ), Colmenares, Erica (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.
Colección:New directions in comparative and international education.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Series Editors Foreword; Introduction Resonances of El Chavo del 8 in Latin American Childhood, Schooling, and Societies; What was El Chavo del 8?; El Chavo as rhizome; Plateau I: El Chavo Encounters Latin American Education and Childhoods; Plateau II: El Chavo's Encounters With Other Latin American Societies and Cultural Artifacts; Plateau III: El Chavo's Media-ted Encounters; Conclusion; Notes; References; Plateau I El Chavo Encounters Latin American Education and Childhoods.
  • 1 Schooling, Pedagogical Imaginaries, and Latin American Childhoods in El Chavo del 8That old sacred cow; One day in El Chavo's school; The anti-progress class; Echoes, resonances, and specters of schooling; Notes; References; 2 Conceptions of Childhood in the Vecindad; Introduction; Title sequence; Scene 1: Imagining childhoods from adulthood; Scene 2: Childhoods in the vecindad; Scene 3: Children as the audience; Children's affective realm; Introducing children to a complicated and implicated social life; Final scene; Deleted scenes; Notes; References.
  • 3 "Here comes Chavo! Everyone's watching the TV " 1 ... Th inking about Difference and Alterity, Childhood, and Education*Chavo in cultural flows: Circulating images of childhood; Acting out childhood: Almost the same but not quite6; "Yes, yes, that . . ." [Eso, eso, eso. . .] or not this or that: Unpredictable thinking about childhood, education, and curriculum; Notes; References; Plateau II El Chavo's Encounters with Other Latin American Societies and Cultural Artifacts; 4 From the Picaresque Novel to El Chavo del 8; The name and its origin.
  • Teachers, school, child labor, and physical abuseIn conclusion; Notes; References; 5 Border-crossing Chespirito; Humor and identities in transcultural contexts; Chespirito and Pepito as cultural icons; Chespirito: Entertainment and social commentary across Latin America; Pepito: Humor and sarcasm in revolution and exile; A narrative inquiry; Chespirito and Pepito across cultural and national borders; Storying nostalgia, innocence, and goodwill; Word play and politics; Social class and poverty; Y ahora, ¿quién podrá defenderme? ["And now, who will help me?"] 15 : Border-crossing possibilities.
  • NotesReferences; 6 El Chavo del 8 as an "Intimate Public" in Venezuela; Rise of economic liberalization policies in Latin America and its accompanying precarity; The rise and fall of "Venezuela exceptionalism"; El Chavo del 8 as a site of identifi cation : Scenes of crisis ordinariness; El Chavo del 8 as a site of (mis)recognition: (Cruel) attachment to memories of the "good life" in precarious times; El Chavo del 8 as a site of experimentation and forging new forms of adjustment; Conclusion: What now?; Notes; References; Plateau III El Chavo's Media-ted Encounters.