Supernatural youth
Subtitle: the rise of the teen hero in literature and popular culture
By: edited by Jes Battis
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780739128596; 9780739149799
Subjects: Youth in mass media; Supernatural in literature; Teenagers in literature; Heroes in literature; Heroes in mass media
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Spiritual, not sexual: the plight of the adolescent human wizard in Diane Duane's Young wizards series / Alice Mills; title: Magical learning and loss: Hermione Granger and the female intellectual in Harry Potter / Alissa Burger; title: Magic, adolescence, and education on Terry Pratchett's Discworld / Gideon Haberkorn and Verena Reinhardt; title: 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; title: Why Xander matters: the extraordinary ordinary in Buffy the vampire slayer / David Kociemba; title: Kinda gay: queer cult fandom and Willow's (bi)sexuality in Buffy the vampire slayer / Jennifer Moorman; title: Postfeminism in a postmodern landscape: navigating difference on Veronica Mars / Cary Elza; title: Bigger things to worry about: allusions and the British fantasy tradition in Hex / David Nel; title: Being Harvey Kinkel: the laws of the other realm in Sabrina the teenage witch / Tiffany S. Teofilo; title: Closed minds: Tamora Pierce's teenagers and the problem of desire / Anastasia Salter; title: Nerds, geeks, and dorks, oh my!: the teen wizard as social outcast / R.C. Neighbors; title: Breaking the spell: power and choice in Holly Black's Valiant / Alison Ching; title: Enrolling in the hidden school: Timothy Hunter and the education of the teenage comic book magus / Jason L Winslade.