DANCING
IN THE DARK:
YOUTH, POPULAR CULTURE, AND THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA
by Quentin J. Schultze, Roy M. Anker, James D. Bratt, Willam D. Romanowski,
John W. Worst, and Lambert Zuidervaart
"BELIEVERS
of every faith will find Dancing in the Dark a source of revelation
and provocation as they try to make sense of contem-porary American culture.
I daresay even skeptics will find light in its pages, and the beginning
point for important conversations about how to create a more humane society."--BILL
MOYERS
"This is an outstanding critical examination of the role of the elec-tronic media in packaging popular culture for youthful consump-tion. By integrating insightful historical, sociological, artistic, and literary analysis, the authors of Dancing in the Dark avoid simplistic judgmental explanations. The relationship between youth and the electronic media is seen instead as a symbiotic one - the media need the youth market for their economic survival, while youth, who are in search for their own identity need the guid-ance, nurture, and constructed reality which the media provide. ... This book is must reading for youth workers, ministers, teach-ers, parents, or anyone who wants a better understanding of the effect of popular culture, contained in the electronic media, upon youth today."
--JACK
BALSWICK
Fuller Theological Seminary
Fuller Theological Seminary
Table of Contents
Preface
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