Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Curriculum of Fear offers unique and engaging insight on the intersections of education, securitization, and militarism in the United States. It makes an important contribution to research in each of these fields."—Emily Gilbert, University of Toronto
"A Curriculum of Fear provides a valuable contribution to the literature on the militarization and corporatization of schools, situating the topic in terms of the broader ideological and economic constellation of neoliberalism and militarism. Nicole Nguyen offers an expansive view that addresses school governance and policy, curriculum and cultural politics, and subjectivity formation."—Kenneth Saltman, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
"A must-read."—H-Net
"Nguyen demonstrates tremendous abilities as a writer that bode well for the quality of intellectual work we can expect from her in the future. A Curriculum of Fear, however, might be a tough act for her to follow."—American Journal of Sociology
Table of ContentsContents
Introduction: Welcome to Milton High
1. Teaching War and Feeling Fear: Public School Reform during the Global War on Terror
2. The Covert Researcher: The Ethics of a School Ethnography
3. This Is Your Future: Militarizing the Dreams of Students
4. Teaching Terrorism: Inside the Homeland Security Program
5. Student, Terrorist, or Patriot? Learning to Fear, Mourn, and Love after September 11
Conclusion: Thinking Differently while under Siege
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
