This text examines how youth is being increasingly subjected to racial stereotyping and violence in various realms of popular culture, especially children's culture. It aims to provide insights into how the culture of violence and racial injustice are shaping the lives of young people.

Introduction The Kids Aren't Alright; Part 1 Race, Violence, and Children's Culture; Chapter 1 White Panic and the Racial Coding of Violence; Chapter 2 Racism and the Aesthetic of Hyper-Real Violence; Chapter 3 Animating Youth; Part 2 Public Intellectuals and Populist Persuasions; Chapter 4 Public Intellectuals and Postmodern Youth; Chapter 5 Talking Heads and Radio Pedagogy; Part 3 The Way Things Ought not to be: Race and National Identity; Chapter 6 Licensing Bigotry Without Being Politically Correct; Chapter 7 The Milk Ain't Clean;

"This may be the most daring and best book that Giroux has written in his attempts to link pedagogy with a variety of cultural spheres. With such a thoughtful and lucid analysis of the relationship among youth, violence and race, Fugitive Cultures is a book that every educator should read." -- Harvard Educational Review"By dissecting elements of popular culture, particularly films, Giroux...questions the imagery that adults fabricate about youth...the book shows how adults shed responsibility, assume a stance of righteous indignation and point fingers at a group busy trying to figure out who they are and where they fit in." -- The Nation"Henry Giroux's Fugitive Cultures is a brilliant and beautiful book. It maps the complicated intersections of race, culture and youth with bold imagination and critical sympathy. Of all Giroux's work--and his books and articles are national intellectual resources--this is his best, and most timely, effort. It reminds us again that Henry Giroux is a towering public intellectual motivated by deep moral passions and keen political insight." -- Michael Eric Dyson"[Giroux] is steadily harsh in his criticism of the [Disney] company, which he sees as an irresponsible "teaching machine" that imparts the wrong values." -- Sacramento Bee ...its conclusions are valuable to parents concerned about the cultural sea in which their children swim."Its conclusions are valuable to parents concerned about the cultural sea in which their children swim." -- LosAngeles Times"Its conclusions are valuable to parents concerned about the cultural sea in which their children swim." -- LosAngeles Times