Kinderculture: mediating, simulacralizing, and pathologizing the new childhood / Shirley R. Steinberg -- Teens and vampires: from Buffy the vampire slayer to Twilight's vampire lovers / Douglas Kellner -- Is Disney good for your kids? How corporate media shapes youth identity in the digital age / Henry A. Giroux and Grace Pollock -- Selling subculture: an examination of hot topic / Sarah Hanks -- Queer eye for the straight-acting guy: the performance of masculinity in gay youth culture and popular culture / Dennis Carlson -- FLUID: teen and youth identity construction in cyberspace / Donyell L. Roseboro -- Tween-method and the politics of studying kinderculture / Ingvild Kvale S²renssen and Claudia Mitchell -- From Miley merchandising to pop princess peddling: the Hannah Montana phenomenon / Ruthann Mayes-Elma -- Corporatizing sports: fantasy leagues, the athlete as commodity, and fans as consumers / Daniel E. Chapman and John A. Weaver -- Hip hop and critical pedagogy: from Tupac to Master P to 50 Cent and beyond / Greg Dimitriadis -- McDonald's, power, and children: Ronald McDonald/Ray Kroc does it all for you / Joe L. Kincheloe -- The book of Barbie: after half a century, the bitch continues to have everything / Shirley R. Steinberg -- Home alone and bad to the bone: the advent of a postmodern childhood / Joe L. Kincheloe

1. Early childhood education -- Social aspects -- United States
2. Popular culture -- United States
3. Critical pedagogy -- United States
4. Curriculum planning -- United States
5. Child development -- United States
6. Educational anthropology -- United States