Buffy in the classroom : essays on teaching with the vampire slayer / edited by Jodie A. Kreider and Meghan K. Winchell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kreider, Jodie A., 1969-

Winchell, Meghan K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television in education.

Buffy, the vampire slayer (Television program).

Physical Description:

x, 221 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2010]

Summary:

"This collection combines the academic and practical aspects of teaching by exploring the ways in which Buffy the Vampire Slayer is taught in international classrooms. Essays describe how Buffy can be used to explain and encourage discussion of television's narrative complexity, archetypal characters, morality, feminism, identity, ethics, non-verbal communication, film production, media and culture, censorship, and Shakespeare"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: let's have a lesson then / Jodie A. Kreider and Meghan K. Winchell

To spoil or not to spoil: teaching television's narrative complexity / David Kociemba

Have you tried not being a slayer? performing Buffy fandom in the classroom / Jason Lawton Winslade

And the myth becomes flesh / Tanya R. Cochran

Round up the usable suspects: archetypal characters in the study of popular culture / Barry Morris

Heroism on the Hellmouth: teaching morality through Buffy / K. Dale Koontz

Whedon takes "the scary" out of feminism / Meghan K. Winchell

Buffy goes to college: identity and the series-based seminar course / Rod Romesburg

Ethics homework from the Hellmouth: Buffy stakes her claim in the first-year composition classroom / Keith Fudge

College isn't just job training and parties: stimulating critical thinking with "the freshman" / Melissa C. Johnson

Can't even shout, can't even cry but you can learn! non-verbal communication and "hush" / Brian Cogan

Show, don't tell: teaching the elements of film production / Jane Martin

Television, violence and demons: discussing media effects with the vampire slayer / Rosie White

Weeding out the offensive material: beauty, beasts, "gingerbread", television, literature and censorship / Leith Daniel

Best damn field trip I ever took! historical encounters in and out of the classroom / Jodie A. Kreider

Little Red Riding ... Buffy? "Buffy vs. dracula" in explorations of intertextuality in introduction to college English / Kristopher Karl Woofter

Buffy the black feminist? intersectionality and pedagogy / Patrick R. Grzanka

Slaying Shakespeare in high school: Buffy battles The merchant of Venice and Othello / Julia L. Grant.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786459643

0786459646

OCLC:

630498273