Abstract
This chapter begins by introducing key concepts and outlines two main perspectives informing work in this area, one stemming from critical theory’s Frankfurt School and the other heavily influenced by Antonio Gramsci and potentially more poststructurally inflected. It discusses how learning from engagement with popular culture is explored and apparent in both formal and informal educational contexts. Despite recognition of the many contexts of informal and incidental adult learning, which unfold without a designated instructor or formal assessment and, possibly, without any intention, engagement with popular culture remains overlooked by many adult education scholars. The chapter concludes by considering the implications of this work for adult education theory and practice, proposing that, no matter how mundane they might seem, popular culture and cultural consumption offer serious lessons to adult educators and learners.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | The Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education |
| Subtitle of host publication | 2020 Edition |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 168-176 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781000973037 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781620366844 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2023 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences