Supernatural youth : the rise of the teen hero in literature and popular culture /
Battis, Jes,1979-
Lanham. Md. ; Plymouth : Lexington Books,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Spiritual, not sexual: the plight of the adolescent human wizard in Diane Duane's Young wizards series / Alice Mills -- Magical learning and loss: Hermione Granger and the female intellectual in Harry Potter / Alissa Burger -- Magic, adolescence, and education on Terry Pratchett's Discworld / Gideon Haberkorn and Verena Reinhardt -- Does the phrase 'vampire slayer' mean anything to you?: the discursive construction of the just woman warrior trope in Joss Whedon's Buffy, the vampire slayer tv series / David Nel -- Why Xander matters: the extraordinary ordinary in Buffy the vampire slayer / David Kociemba -- Kinda gay: queer cult fandom and Willow's (bi)sexuality in Buffy the vampire slayer / Jennifer Moorman -- Postfeminism in a postmodern landscape: navigating difference on Veronica Mars / Cary Elza -- Bigger things to worry about: allusions and the British fantasy tradition in Hex / David Nel -- Being Harvey Kinkel: the laws of the other realm in Sabrina the teenage witch / Tiffany S. Teofilo -- Closed minds: Tamora Pierce's teenagers and the problem of desire / Anastasia Salter -- Nerds, geeks, and dorks, oh my!: the teen wizard as social outcast / R.C. Neighbors -- Breaking the spell: power and choice in Holly Black's Valiant / Alison Ching -- Enrolling in the hidden school: Timothy Hunter and the education of the teenage comic book magus / Jason L Winslade.
Youth in mass media.
Teenagers in literature.
Supernatural in literature.
Heroes in mass media.
Heroes in literature.