Finding a Place in the Discourse: Film, Literature and the Process of Becoming Politically Subject

Autor/in	McDonnell, Jane
Titel	Finding a Place in the Discourse: Film, Literature and the Process of Becoming Politically Subject
Quelle	In: Journal of Social Science Education, 13 (2014) 4, S.78-86 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1618-5293
Schlagwörter	Films; Literature; Correlation; Politics; Aesthetics; Television; Democratic Values; Political Attitudes; Citizen Participation; Foreign Countries; Longitudinal Studies; Grounded Theory; Postsecondary Education; Drama; Semi Structured Interviews; Participant Observation; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Film; Literatur; Korrelation; Politik; Ästhetik; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Ausland; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Schauspiel; Teilnehmende Beobachtung
Abstract	This paper reports on the role of the narrative arts in young people's political subjectivity and democratic learning. Drawing on theoretical insights into the process of subjectification and the relationship between politics and aesthetics, the paper discusses a number of findings from an empirical research project carried out with young people in two arts contexts. Interpreting these in the light of a theoretical framework that privileges a performative understanding of subjectivity, the paper argues that narrative art forms such as literature, film and television play an important role in the ways young people construct and perform their political subjectivity, and that this is an important part of their overall democratic learning. The implications of this for democratic education are discussed and the paper concludes with the suggestion that we need to rethink political literacy, civic engagement and democratic learning in aesthetic and imaginative terms. (As Provided).
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