Daniel Friedrich is Associate Professor of Curriculum at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA. He is the author of Democratic Education as a Curricular Problem (2014) and co-editor of a special issue of Education Policy Analysis Archives on the global network Teach For All (with Rolf Straubhaar). Erica Colmenares is a doctoral researcher in the department of Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA.

Resonances of El Chavo del Ocho in Latin American Childhood, Schooling, and Societies presents theoretically kaleidoscopic views on notions of childhood and schooling from brilliant scholars working across the Americas. The book will undoubtedly appeal to those working in childhood studies, cultural studies, curriculum studies, international education, and media studies.

• Introduction, Daniel Friedrich (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA) and Erica Colmenares (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA) Part I: El Chavo Encounters Latin American Education and Childhoods1. Schooling, pedagogical imaginaries, and Latin American childhoods in El Chavo del 8, Nicolas Arata (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Daniel Friedrich (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)2. Conceptions of Childhood in the Vecindad, Victoria Parra-Moreno (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)3.“Here comes Chavo! Everyone’s watching the TV”… Thinking about difference and alterity, childhood and education, Ana Paula Marques de Carvalho and Rita Frangella (University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Part II: El Chavo’s Encounters With Other Latin American Societies and Cultural Artifacts4. From the Picaresque Novel to El Chavo del 8, Carlos Aguasaco (City College of New York, USA)5. Border-crossing Chespirito: El Chavo del 8 Meets Pepito in Exile, Limarys Caraballo (Queens College of the City University of New York, USA)6. El Chavo del Ocho as “Intimate Publics” in Venezuela: What happened to the Good Life?, Erica Colmenares (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)Part III: El Chavo’s Media-ted Encounters7. Figures of Mexican State, Society and Subject in Chespirito’s TV, Ernesto Treviño Ronzón (University of Veracruz, Mexico)8. Media Education ‘Sin Querer Queriendo’, Dulce María Cabrera (Autonomous University of Chiapas, Mexico) and José Carbajal (Ministry of Public Education, MexicoCoda: El Chavo del 8’s Connections and Reverberations, Erica Colmenares (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA) and Daniel Friedrich (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)Index

Daniel Friedrich is Associate Professor of Curriculum at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA. He is the author of Democratic Education as a Curricular Problem (2014) and co-editor of a special issue of Education Policy Analysis Archives on the global network Teach For All (with Rolf Straubhaar). Erica Colmenares is a doctoral researcher in the department of Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA.

Resonances of El Chavo del Ocho in Latin American Childhood, Schooling, and Societies presents theoretically kaleidoscopic views on notions of childhood and schooling from brilliant scholars working across the Americas. The book will undoubtedly appeal to those working in childhood studies, cultural studies, curriculum studies, international education, and media studies.

• Introduction, Daniel Friedrich (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA) and Erica Colmenares (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA) Part I: El Chavo Encounters Latin American Education and Childhoods1. Schooling, pedagogical imaginaries, and Latin American childhoods in El Chavo del 8, Nicolas Arata (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Daniel Friedrich (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)2. Conceptions of Childhood in the Vecindad, Victoria Parra-Moreno (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)3.“Here comes Chavo! Everyone’s watching the TV”… Thinking about difference and alterity, childhood and education, Ana Paula Marques de Carvalho and Rita Frangella (University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Part II: El Chavo’s Encounters With Other Latin American Societies and Cultural Artifacts4. From the Picaresque Novel to El Chavo del 8, Carlos Aguasaco (City College of New York, USA)5. Border-crossing Chespirito: El Chavo del 8 Meets Pepito in Exile, Limarys Caraballo (Queens College of the City University of New York, USA)6. El Chavo del Ocho as “Intimate Publics” in Venezuela: What happened to the Good Life?, Erica Colmenares (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)Part III: El Chavo’s Media-ted Encounters7. Figures of Mexican State, Society and Subject in Chespirito’s TV, Ernesto Treviño Ronzón (University of Veracruz, Mexico)8. Media Education ‘Sin Querer Queriendo’, Dulce María Cabrera (Autonomous University of Chiapas, Mexico) and José Carbajal (Ministry of Public Education, MexicoCoda: El Chavo del 8’s Connections and Reverberations, Erica Colmenares (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA) and Daniel Friedrich (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)Index

Daniel Friedrich is Associate Professor of Curriculum at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA. He is the author of Democratic Education as a Curricular Problem (2014) and co-editor of a special issue of Education Policy Analysis Archives on the global network Teach For All (with Rolf Straubhaar). Erica Colmenares is a doctoral researcher in the department of Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA.

Resonances of El Chavo del Ocho in Latin American Childhood, Schooling, and Societies presents theoretically kaleidoscopic views on notions of childhood and schooling from brilliant scholars working across the Americas. The book will undoubtedly appeal to those working in childhood studies, cultural studies, curriculum studies, international education, and media studies.

• Introduction, Daniel Friedrich (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA) and Erica Colmenares (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA) Part I: El Chavo Encounters Latin American Education and Childhoods1. Schooling, pedagogical imaginaries, and Latin American childhoods in El Chavo del 8, Nicolas Arata (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Daniel Friedrich (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)2. Conceptions of Childhood in the Vecindad, Victoria Parra-Moreno (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)3.“Here comes Chavo! Everyone’s watching the TV”… Thinking about difference and alterity, childhood and education, Ana Paula Marques de Carvalho and Rita Frangella (University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Part II: El Chavo’s Encounters With Other Latin American Societies and Cultural Artifacts4. From the Picaresque Novel to El Chavo del 8, Carlos Aguasaco (City College of New York, USA)5. Border-crossing Chespirito: El Chavo del 8 Meets Pepito in Exile, Limarys Caraballo (Queens College of the City University of New York, USA)6. El Chavo del Ocho as “Intimate Publics” in Venezuela: What happened to the Good Life?, Erica Colmenares (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)Part III: El Chavo’s Media-ted Encounters7. Figures of Mexican State, Society and Subject in Chespirito’s TV, Ernesto Treviño Ronzón (University of Veracruz, Mexico)8. Media Education ‘Sin Querer Queriendo’, Dulce María Cabrera (Autonomous University of Chiapas, Mexico) and José Carbajal (Ministry of Public Education, MexicoCoda: El Chavo del 8’s Connections and Reverberations, Erica Colmenares (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA) and Daniel Friedrich (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)Index