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Supernatural Youth: The Rise of the Teen Hero in Literature and
Popular Culture, edited by Jes Battis, addresses the role of
adolescence in fantastic media, adventure stories, cinema, and
television aimed at youth. The goal of this volume is to analyze
the ways in which young heroic protagonists are presented in such
popular literary and visual texts. Supernatural Youth surveys a
variety of sources whose young protagonists are placed in heroic
positions, whether by magic, technology, prophecy, or other forces
beyond their control. Series examined include Harry Potter, Buffy
the Vampire Slayer, Veronica Mars, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
Supernatural Youth, edited by Jes Battis, is essential for
educators who work in the fields of English, media studies, women's
studies, LGBT studies, and sociology, as well as undergraduate
students who are interested in popular culture.
Supernatural Youth: The Rise of the Teen Hero in Literature and
Popular Culture, edited by Jes Battis, addresses the role of
adolescence in fantastic media, adventure stories, cinema, and
television aimed at youth. The goal of this volume is to analyze
the ways in which young heroic protagonists are presented in such
popular literary and visual texts. Supernatural Youth surveys a
variety of sources whose young protagonists are placed in heroic
positions, whether by magic, technology, prophecy, or other forces
beyond their control. Series examined include Harry Potter, Buffy
the Vampire Slayer, Veronica Mars, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
Supernatural Youth, edited by Jes Battis, is essential for
educators who work in the fields of English, media studies, women's
studies, LGBT studies, and sociology, as well as undergraduate
students who are interested in popular culture.
Through spaceships, aliens, ray guns and other familiar trappings,
science fiction uses the future (and sometimes the past) to comment
on current social, cultural and political ideologies; the same is
true of science fiction in children's film and television. This
collection of essays analyzes the confluences of science fiction
and children's visual media, handling such cultural icons as Flash
Gordon, the Jetsons and Star Wars, as well as more contemporary
fare like the films Wall-E, Monsters vs. Aliens and Toy Story.
Collectively, the essays discover, applaud and critique the
hidden--and not-so-hidden--messages presented on our children's
film and TV screens.
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