Enchanted Capitalism: Myths, Monsters, and Markets

Autor/in	Zukas, Alex
Titel	Enchanted Capitalism: Myths, Monsters, and Markets
Quelle	In: History Teacher, 53 (2020) 4, S.733-782 (50 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2745
Schlagwörter	History Instruction; Popular Culture; Literacy; Course Descriptions; Social Systems; Global Approach; Correlation; Folk Culture; Literature; Economics; Commercialization; Economic Development; Video Technology; Films; Mythology; Learner Engagement; Outcomes of Education; Group Discussion; Undergraduate Students; Imagination; Foreign Countries; Cross Cultural Studies; Africa; United States; United Kingdom; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Popkultur; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Kursstrukturplan; Social system; Soziales System; Globales Denken; Korrelation; Literatur; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Film; Mythologie; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Gruppendiskussion; Ausland; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Afrika; USA; Großbritannien
Abstract	Taking a lead from recent articles in "The History Teacher," the author placed history, popular culture, and historical literacy at the core of a history course entitled "Enchanted Capitalism: Myths, Monsters, and Markets." Drawing on folklore, literature, popular culture, and economics, the course explored the rise of capitalism and its relation to tales of monstrosity in England from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, and the globalization of capitalism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and its relation to tales of vampires and zombies from Sub-Saharan Africa, Britain, the U.S., and Japan. The course asked students to explore the relationship between capitalism and the rise of stories involving a new kind of monster-- one that is undead--and, in doing so, interrogate key symbolic registers in which capitalist commodification is experienced by people in established capitalist societies and in societies undergoing capitalist development at different times and in different places to see if there were important differences in the kinds of monsters each culture produced in folklore, literature, video, and film. This article describes historical contexts for the course, course goals and structure, teaching the course, and student engagement used to meet learning outcomes. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Society for History Education. California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90840-1601. Tel: 562-985-2573; Fax: 562-985-5431; Web site: http://www.societyforhistoryeducation.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01