Can Big Bird fight terrorism? : children's television and globalized multicultural education /
Moland, Naomi A.,
Can Big Bird fight terrorism? : children's television and globalized multicultural education / Naomi A. Moland. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Due to be issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In recent years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided funding to the New York-based Sesame Workshop. Its goal is to create international versions of Sesame Street that teach tolerance and democratic values, with the hopes of decreasing conflict and preventing terrorism. This text takes an in-depth look at the Nigerian version, Sesame Square, started in 2011 in an attempt to build peaceful coexistence and counter the extremist messages of Boko Haram. It offers rare insights into the complexities inherent in attempts to 'teach' cosmopolitan ideals of democracy and tolerance and the ways in which such efforts can compromise peacebuilding in countries suffering from internal conflicts.
Specialized.
9780190903985 (ebook) : No price
Sesame Street (Television program)
Multicultural education.
Children's television programs.
Terrorism--Prevention--Cross-cultural studies.
Multicultural education--Nigeria--Case studies.
Television and globalization.
LC1099
370.117
Can Big Bird fight terrorism? : children's television and globalized multicultural education / Naomi A. Moland. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Due to be issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In recent years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided funding to the New York-based Sesame Workshop. Its goal is to create international versions of Sesame Street that teach tolerance and democratic values, with the hopes of decreasing conflict and preventing terrorism. This text takes an in-depth look at the Nigerian version, Sesame Square, started in 2011 in an attempt to build peaceful coexistence and counter the extremist messages of Boko Haram. It offers rare insights into the complexities inherent in attempts to 'teach' cosmopolitan ideals of democracy and tolerance and the ways in which such efforts can compromise peacebuilding in countries suffering from internal conflicts.
Specialized.
9780190903985 (ebook) : No price
Sesame Street (Television program)
Multicultural education.
Children's television programs.
Terrorism--Prevention--Cross-cultural studies.
Multicultural education--Nigeria--Case studies.
Television and globalization.
LC1099
370.117