Shari L. Savage

O cenário da licenciatura nos Estados Unidos: implicações potenciais para a arte-educação no Brasil

Two scholars from the United States that work in art education programs speak to current issues resulting from the recent policies that have had direct impact on undergraduate courses, fieldwork, licensure and teacher retention. The study is informed by one author’s understanding of Brazilian art education through both experiential learning and focused research via comparative studies. The authors provide a contextual framing of the current educational landscape in the states with the intent of informing readers of trends that could have similar negative effects on licensure in Brazil. Finally, the authors will share some strategies they have implemented to respond to these challenges.

Lolita: Genealogy of a Cover Girl.

At the publication of Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel Lolita (1958), the author insisted that a girl never appear on the cover. This discourse analysis of 185 Lolita book covers, most of which feature a girl, considers the genealogy of “Lolita” in relation to representation, myth, and tacit knowledge construction. How does the content and context of the narrative function to promote and propel erotic girl imagery and reiterate blameworthiness of the girl as seducer? Using visual discourse analysis (Rose, 2001) to analyze book cover representations, findings suggest cultural understandings of “Lolita” are connected to mythic signifiers and popular culture notions of girlhood gone bad. Also described and analyzed, a recent book cover contest that asks designers to create a Lolita book cover that does not use a girl. This study encourages art educators and their students to question how culture perpetuates myth, and more specifically, why.