Cambridge Scholars Publishing Essays on Education and Popular Culture: Massliteracy

This book is devoted to simple but deep readings of the subtle and not-so-subtle messages in films, and to the interpretation of the silences that are strategically delivered through the mass media. Readers are welcome to agree, disagree, or even offer new readings of other relevant texts for the promotion of mass literacy and mutual understanding. The book will serve to equip the general public with skills for the development of literacy both within the walls of classrooms and beyond their boundaries in the outside world. It is based on a selection of blog posts and journal articles that are updated and brought together in book form for the first time here. Review “This book adopts a cross-sectional approach to identifying key issues prevalent in society such as education, terrorism, mass incarceration, environmental justice, etc. It is a good combination of an analysis of literary texts and prominent Black movies that serves as a concise introduction to the historical background of Black origins, especially in the Nigerian context. Agozino elegantly outlines literacy skills and strategies that are practical in modern society. This is particularly enlightening because those skills are transferrable and can lead to a sustainable lifestyle that contributes to personal and economic growth. Similarly, a second element of the book is that it is well suited for people with intermediate to advanced knowledge of the historical contexts of social justice issues in Nigeria, some parts of the Caribbean, and the United States. It serves as a good read of literature and representation of movies for audiences both in academia and society.”Edidiong MendieTexas Southern University; Decolonization of Criminology and Justice, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020) About the Author Dr Biko Agozino is Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA. He is the author of the following books – Critical, Creative and Centered Scholar-Activism: The Fourth Dimensionalism of Agwuncha Arthur Nwankwo (2016); ADAM: Africana Drug-Free Alternative Medicine (2006); Counter-Colonial Criminology (2003); Pan African Issues in Crime and Justice (co-edited, 2004); Nigeria: Democratising a Militarised Civil Society, (co-authored 2001); Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Migration Research (edited, 2000); and Black Women and the Criminal Justice System (1997). He was also Director-Producer of Shouters and the Control Freak Empire, winner of the Best International Short Documentary at Columbia Gorge Film Festival, USA, in 2011. He is also Editor-In-Chief of the African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies, and Series Editor of Interdisciplinary Research Series in Ethnic, Gender and Class Relations. He received his PhD from the University of Edinburgh and his MPhil from the University of Cambridge.