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Taking Tiger Woods by the tail: globalisation, amnesia and social education

In this paper the author analyses two discourses associated with the processes of globalisation in Australian media ... Show more
In this paper the author analyses two discourses associated with the processes of globalisation in Australian media advertisements. The author highlights two conflicting ways of theorising globalisation, describes the place of 'amnesia' in everyday experiences of globalisation, and proposes some critical educational responses to the discourses of globalisation. The author argues that the adulation of Tiger Woods is a striking example of globalised cultural and economic practices. Show less

Authors: Hoepper, Brian

Date: 1999

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Article

Journal title: Curriculum perspectives

Subjects: Globalisation; Economics; Research ... [+] Show more