Playing dead : mock trauma and folk drama in staged high school drunk-driving tragedies / Montana Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Montana.

Series:

Ritual, Festival, and Celebration

Ritual, festival, and celebration ; v. 2

Ritual, Festival, and Celebration ; v.2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore--Performance.

Folklore.

Folk drama.

High school students--Psychology.

High school students.

Death--Social aspects.

Death.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : University Press of Colorado, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the Grim Reaper pulls a student out of class to be a "victim" of drunk driving in a program called "Every 15 Minutes," Montana Miller observes the ritual through a folklorist's lens. Playing Dead examines why hundreds of American schools and communities each year organize these mock tragedies without any national sponsorship or coordination. Often, the event is complete with a staged accident in the parking lot, a life-flight helicopter, and faux eulogies for the "dead" students read in school assemblies. Grounding her research in play theory, frame theory, and theory of folk drama,

Contents:

Contents; Foreword by Jack Santino; 1. Every 15 Minutes Someone Dies; 2. Backdrop for the Scene; 3. Marked for Death: Ambiguity and Slippery Steps in Frames of Play; 4. Engrossed Out: Every 15 Minutes as Folk Drama; 5. The Dazzle and Darkness of Play; 6. Shattering Frames: The Crash through YouTube's Window; Conclusion: Rustles in the Gallery; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781457184710

1457184710

9781283906630

1283906635

9780874218923

0874218926

OCLC:

824522200