"Mixing pop (culture) and politics": Cultural resistance, culture jamming, and anti-consumption activism as critical public pedagogy

Curriculum Inquiry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-350

  Sandlin, Jennifer A ^a   Milam, Jennifer L ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44149124877     PISSN: 03626784     EISSN: 1467873X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-873X.2008.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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