Fantasy media in the classroom
Subtitle: essays on teaching with film, television, literature, graphic novels, and video games
By: edited by Emily Dial-Driver, Sally Emmons and Jim Ford
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers; McFarland & Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780786459216
Subjects: Study and teaching (Secondary); Fantasy in mass media; Fantasy films; Popular culture; Television in education; Study and teaching; American Fantasy fiction; Mass media; Motion pictures in education
Description: "These essays combine close analyses of popular television shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer; such films as The Matrix, The Dark Knight and Twilight; Watchmen and other graphic novels; and video games; with explanations of how best to use these and similar works in the classroom"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Emily Dial-Driver; title: Introduction / Jim Ford; title: Seeing the Classics in a New Light: Using Fantasy as a Lens in Traditional Classes. Pop Pedagogy / Jesse Stallings; title: Added Interest, Added Value / Laura Gray; title: Bruce, Bill, and Barack / Carolyn Taylor; title: Integrating New Works: Using Fantasy to Enrich Traditional Classes. Flights of Fantasy / Jim Ford; title: Fusion Curriculum / Emily Dial-Driver; title: "We're Not in Kansas Anymore" / Sally Emmons; title: Critical Thinking and Post-Apocalyptic Literature / Mary M. Mackie; title: Corruptible Power / Frances E. Morris and Emily Dial-Driver; title: Breaching Barriers Between Work and Play / Shaka McGlotten; title: Fantasy Classics: Hobbits and Harry in Interdisciplinary Courses / Jim Ford; title: New Directions: The Joys of Fantasy Classes. Hansel, Gretel, and Coraline / J. Renee Cox; title: The Fantastic Classroom: Teaching Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Emily Dial-Driver; title: Buffy versus Bella: Teaching about Place and Gender / Jacqueline Bach, Jessica Broussard, and Melanie K. Hundley; title: Brave New Classroom: Using Science Fiction to Teach Political Theory / Kenneth S. Hicks; title: Incarnations of Immortal Creations / Emily Dial-Driver; title: Conclusion / Jim Ford.