Texting toward Utopia : Kids, Writing, and Resistance

Agger, Ben

Routledge（2014/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 192 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781612053080
• DDC分類 302.2244083

Full Description

This book examines the contemporary era where parents complain that children today don't do their homework because they are distracted by the Internet, texting, and video games. Texting Toward Utopia presents the writings of todays children and develops the argument that this is actually a time of mass literary, in which young people write furiously, albeit often below the adult radar. Agger argues that where texting replaces textbooks, the writing may be emoticon-laden, slangy, or terse, but it is still profound, as children (and their parents) engage in resistance and write for a better world. This book is a guide to understanding the meeting point between a new generation of children and new communication technologies.

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments; Part I New Sites of Writing, Writers, Writings; Chapter 1 The Book Unbound; Chapter 2 Secret Writing; Chapter 3 Reading Kids' Writing Politically; Chapter 4 The Pulpless Generation(s); Chapter 5 E-Sociologies of Virtual Selves; Part II Time Rebels; Chapter 6 iTime; Chapter 7 Slacking toward Slowmodernity; Chapter 8 Time Robbers, Time Rebels; Chapter 9 Time Wars and Night Moves; Chapter 10 "I Hate School"; Part III Writing toward Identity and Democracy; Chapter 11 Text Messages in a Bottle; Chapter 12 Bodies of Knowledge; Chapter 13 Democracy in the First Person;