The Small Worlds Of Childhood: Philosophy, Poetics, And The Queer Temporalities Of Early Life, 2025 Fordham University
The Small Worlds Of Childhood: Philosophy, Poetics, And The Queer Temporalities Of Early Life, Lauren Shizuko Stone
Gender & Sexuality
The Small Worlds of Childhood argues that prose representations of bourgeois childhood contain surprising opportunities to reflect on the temporality of experience. In their narratives of children at home in their everyday worlds, Adalbert Stifter, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Walter Benjamin are not only able to shed a unique light on key issues in the history of philosophy. They also offer a queer critique of the normative expectation that the literature of childhood is oriented toward the future.
Stone shows that when writers engage in philosophical storytelling, showing children tarrying in quotidian experience, they dislodge childhood from its nostalgic value …
Deuce Redemption: Grindhouse Cinema, Moral Panic, And Urban Renewal, 2025 The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Deuce Redemption: Grindhouse Cinema, Moral Panic, And Urban Renewal, Robert Brenner
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
If you consult standard histories of the “redevelopment” of 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenue, AKA “the Deuce,” you will read that it was filled with nothing but criminals and pornographers, that decent people avoided it at all costs, and the only way the block could be “saved” was by seizing it via eminent domain, evicting all the current tenants, and replacing them with Disney and its fellow entertainment corporations.
The purpose of this thesis is to offer a more nuanced alternative to these standard histories. I will argue that the Deuce was a lower-class, multiracial, queer entertainment …
Perceived Credibility Of Allegations Of Sexual Assault Across Victim Race And Mental Health History, 2025 Georgia Southern University
Perceived Credibility Of Allegations Of Sexual Assault Across Victim Race And Mental Health History, Liyah C. Morgan
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Previous research examined the effect of victim gender and rape myth acceptance (RMA) on perceptions of victim credibility; however, little attention has been given to the impact of victim race and mental health history, and even fewer studies have explored the intersection of these two identities. The primary purpose of the current study was to identify factors affecting understanding of perceived credibility of victims of sexual assault, specifically in terms of victim race and mental health history. The study also examined the role of RMA on perceptions of credibility and explored participant attitudes related to color-blind racial attitudes and mental …
Interactive Effects Of Intrasexual Competitiveness, Same-Sex Competition, And Physical Attractiveness On Temporal Discounting, 2025 Singapore Management University
Interactive Effects Of Intrasexual Competitiveness, Same-Sex Competition, And Physical Attractiveness On Temporal Discounting, Jose C. Yong, Indra Alam Syah Aziz, Hualin Xiao, Norman P. Li
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
Studies have shown that men discount the future and prefer immediate-but-smaller over delayed-but-larger rewards when exposed to mating opportunities (e.g., attractive opposite-sex targets) or threats (e.g., same-sex competition) whereas women's discounting in response to similar cues appears mixed, suggesting that mating-motivated discounting is primarily a male phenomenon. Importantly, this line of research has not yet examined the role of individual difference variables as well as how the attractiveness of potential mates and perceptions of competition jointly influence discounting rates. We conducted a novel test of the effect of trait intrasexual competitiveness (ISC) using dating profiles varying on target attractiveness and …
Provoking Awareness And Practical Applications In Popular Culture And Pedagogy: Syllabi, Games, And Teaching In Higher Education, [Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal Of Popular Culture And Pedagogy, Volume 9, Issue 4 (December 2022)], Anna S. Cohenmiller, Karina A. Vado
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy
Provoking Awareness and Practical Applications in Popular Culture and Pedagogy: Syllabi, Games, and Teaching in Higher Education, [Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, Volume 9, Issue 4 (December 2022)][
Editorial
Provoking Awareness and Practical Applications in Popular Culture and Pedagogy: Syllabi, Games, and Teaching in Higher Education, Anna CohenMiller and Karina A. Vado
Articles
Tackling History in the Cultural Studies Seminar, Becca Craigin
“It’s Not My Immediate Instinct”: Perceptions of Preservice Teachers on the Integration of Popular Culture, Melinda S. Butler, Eva S. Arbor, and Nadine Bravo
Embracing the Fiasco!: Roleplaying Games, Pedagogy and Student Success, Erik …
“It’S Not My Immediate Instinct”: Perceptions Of Preservice Teachers On The Integration Of Popular Culture, 2024 University of Southern Maine
“It’S Not My Immediate Instinct”: Perceptions Of Preservice Teachers On The Integration Of Popular Culture, Melinda S. Butler, Eva S. Arbor, Nadine Bravo
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy
Popular culture curricula integration provides educational benefits for students (Morrell, 2002; Petrone, 2013); bridging students’ out-of-school popular culture knowledge with their in-school literacies promotes learning, engages students, and values students’ background knowledge (Dyson, 1993, 2021; Marsh, 2006; Morrell, 2002; Petrone, 2013). Therefore, teacher educators may consider the addition of popular culture education into preservice teacher’s preparation for teaching (Petrone, 2013). In this qualitative study, researchers were interested in asking the following questions: What popular culture texts did preservice teachers consume as children and adults? and How does preservice teachers’ previous popular culture text consumption factor into decisions to include or …
Embracing The Fiasco!: Roleplaying Games, Pedagogy And Student Success, 2024 Eastern New Mexico University
Embracing The Fiasco!: Roleplaying Games, Pedagogy And Student Success, Erik Stanley, Michelle Schmidt, David Sweeten
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy
This article explores the relationship between games and pedagogy through the example of the roleplaying game Fiasco!. Fiasco! is a part of a growing genre of collaborative roleplaying games (RPGs) that have important applications in the university classroom. Fiasco! is an innovative game system that upends the traditional model of Game Master-led RPGs to create a collaborative environment for players to create their own stories. This paper explores how the unique model embedded within Fiasco! can be employed as a pedagogical tool for active student-led learning.
To showcase the pedagogical innovations of a game like Fiasco!, we present …
Tackling History In The Cultural Studies Seminar, 2024 Bowling Green State University
Tackling History In The Cultural Studies Seminar, Becca Cragin
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy
While cultural theory developed in past eras was often marred by the biases of its privileged authors, we are still often required to teach the canon, so that graduate students can recognize past intellectual trends to which current critiques of the canon respond. In this article, a “History of Feminist Theory” course is employed as an example of larger principles of foundations course design that can be used in any cultural studies seminar to productively address the tension between old and new schools of thought. It provides suggestions for structuring syllabi and discussions in ways that productively engage with earlier …
Editorial: Provoking Awareness And Practical Applications In Popular Culture And Pedagogy: Syllabi, Games, And Teaching In Higher Education, 2024 Nord University
Editorial: Provoking Awareness And Practical Applications In Popular Culture And Pedagogy: Syllabi, Games, And Teaching In Higher Education, Anna S. Cohenmiller, Karina A. Vado
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy
Editorial for Dialogue: The The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, Volume 9, Issue 4 (December 2022), Provoking Awareness and Practical Applications in Popular Culture and Pedagogy: Syllabi, Games, and Teaching in Higher Education.
Critique And “Controversy” In Pedagogy And Pop Culture [Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal Of Popular Culture And Pedagogy, Volume 9, Issue 3 (August 2022)], 2024 Nazarbayev University
Critique And “Controversy” In Pedagogy And Pop Culture [Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal Of Popular Culture And Pedagogy, Volume 9, Issue 3 (August 2022)], Miriam Sciala
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy
Critique and “Controversy” in Pedagogy and Pop Culture [Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, Volume 9, Issue 3 (August 2022)]
Editorial
Teaching for Change, Miriam Sciala
Articles
Peril and Promise: Student Experiences of Virtual Reality and Implications for Inclusive Social Justice Pedagogy, Michelle VanNatta
Will the Odds Ever Be in Her Favor? Katniss Everdeen and the Female Athlete, Tony Kemerly
Don’t Sweat the Technique: Rhetoric, Coded Social Critique, and Conspiracy Theories in Hip-Hop, Josh Chase
Cake and Conclusions: Rhetorical Roots in “Sheetcaking” and Fallacious Community Responses, Marissa Lammon
Musings (Online Only)
Teaching and Learning Popular Media Cultures: …
Cake And Conclusions: Rhetorical Roots In “Sheetcaking” And Fallacious Community Responses, 2024 University of Colorado, Boulder
Cake And Conclusions: Rhetorical Roots In “Sheetcaking” And Fallacious Community Responses, Marissa Lammon
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy
The convergence of politics and comedy within political entertainment has created a new environment, dissemination of information, and formation of public opinion. In response to white nationalist rallies, comedian Tina Fey utilized her political comedy platform to satirically comment on the inaction of several privileged consumers. Community response to the satirical skit reflected the complexity of satire as rhetorical strategy, notably when present online and within popular culture discourse, and the cognitive demands that result in fallacious tendencies. The following examines the fallacies that arise in response to Fey’s satirical message and the implications for political entertainment media.
Don’T Sweat The Technique: Rhetoric, Coded Social Critique, And Conspiracy Theories In Hip-Hop, 2024 University of Louisiana, Monroe
Don’T Sweat The Technique: Rhetoric, Coded Social Critique, And Conspiracy Theories In Hip-Hop, Josh Chase
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy
Conspiracy theories are once again a topic of heated debate in both popular and scholarly media. Critics on one side of this debate often take for granted an “underlying assumption that conspiracy theories should be subdued if not eliminated” (Uscinski 444). Other scholars have expressed concern over the ways the “conspiracy theorist” pejorative stifles dissent and regulates political rationality (Rankin; deHaven-Smith). Bratich argues that social anxieties about issues like emerging technology and race “get managed” through the public debate about conspiracy theories as an “object of concern” (160–61). This paper asks, what are the consequences when “conspiracy panic” spreads beyond …
Will The Odds Ever Be In Her Favor? Katniss Everdeen And The Female Athlete, 2024 High Point University
Will The Odds Ever Be In Her Favor? Katniss Everdeen And The Female Athlete, Tony Kemerly
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy
Autoethnography is a qualitative research method that allows the author to write in a highly personalized style, drawing on his or her experience to extend understanding about a specific issue. One subset of autoethnography, critical autoethnography, combines the narrative or storytelling aspect of autoethnography with critical theory approaches in order to gain illustrate for the reader a specific site of oppression within one’s culture. Through an examination of the books and films of The Hunger Games’ saga, this paper will examine the interaction between students and professor in regard to the journey of the female athlete through the power …
Peril And Promise: Student Experiences Of Virtual Reality And Implications For Inclusive Social Justice Pedagogy, 2024 Dominican University
Peril And Promise: Student Experiences Of Virtual Reality And Implications For Inclusive Social Justice Pedagogy, Michelle Vannatta
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy
Virtual reality (VR) is a fast-evolving technology rapidly being integrated into education and training in multiple sectors of society. As the use of VR spreads, it is important to critically analyze both its role in effective pedagogies and how students experience it. Virtual reality has extraordinary promise for deeply engaging students, and it also poses particular challenges for equitable and effective teaching of diverse students. This paper discusses students’ responses to a VR exercise and examines some of the complexities VR presents around racial justice, gender equity, and economic fairness. Virtual reality technology may be less effective and less comfortable …
Editorial: Teaching For Change, 2024 Nazarbayev University
Editorial: Teaching For Change, Miriam Sciala
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy
Editorial for Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, Volume 9, Issue 3 (August 2022), Critique and “Controversy” in Pedagogy and Pop Culture.
Teaching And Learning With The Grateful Dead [Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal Of Popular Culture And Pedagogy, Volume 9, Issue 1/2 (February 2022)], 2024 Nord University
Teaching And Learning With The Grateful Dead [Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal Of Popular Culture And Pedagogy, Volume 9, Issue 1/2 (February 2022)], Anna S. Cohenmiller
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy
Teaching and Learning with the Grateful Dead [Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, Volume 9, Issue 1/2 (February 2022)]
Editorial
Transformational Learning (and Teaching) in Popular Culture and Pedagogy, Anna CohenMiller
Guest Editorial
“Bound to Cover Just a Little More Ground”: Teaching and Learning with the Grateful Dead, Timothy D. Ray and Julie DeLong
Articles
Teaching (and Studying) the Music of the Grateful Dead, Brian Felix
Collaborative Pedagogy: Teaching (with) the Grateful Dead On Tour, On Campus, and Online, Rebecca G. Adams
Teaching Cultural Communication and the Grateful Dead Phenomenon, Natalie Dollar
Teaching the Grateful Dead and …
Review Of The Tragic Odes Of Jerry Garcia And The Grateful Dead: Mystery Dances In The Magic Theater, By Brent Wood, Routledge, 2020, 2024 Boston University
Review Of The Tragic Odes Of Jerry Garcia And The Grateful Dead: Mystery Dances In The Magic Theater, By Brent Wood, Routledge, 2020, Christopher K. Coffman
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy
Review of The Tragic Odes of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead: Mystery Dances in the Magic Theater, by Brent Wood, Routledge, 2020.
A Touch Of Grey: Personal Reflections On Teaching The Grateful Dead To Seniors, 2024 Providence College
A Touch Of Grey: Personal Reflections On Teaching The Grateful Dead To Seniors, Robert Trudeau
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy
This essay reflects on several occasions in which I was a facilitator introducing the music of the Grateful Dead to groups of senior citizens. Several themes emerge: First, there is the need to separate the facilitator’s feelings as a convinced Deadhead from the inclinations of older individuals who know little about the Grateful Dead. Second, an indirect approach that emphasizes lyrics and accessible songs seems to have the best impact, if the goal is to encourage individuals to want to learn more about, and listen to, the Grateful Dead’s music. Third, one should let students construct the framework of the …
Teaching With The Dead: A Short Personal Remembrance, 2024 Texas Tech University
Teaching With The Dead: A Short Personal Remembrance, Robert G. Weiner
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy
This essay is a personal remembrance of teaching an Honors course related to the Grateful Dead, the Beat Generation, and the Counterculture at Texas Tech University during the Spring of 2019. It describes the readings, assignments, techniques, and overall class response to the material. The goals of the course are explained and the syllabus is added as an appendix.
Discoursing The Grateful Dead: Scholars, Fans, And The 2020 Meeting Of Southwest Popular/American Culture Association, 2024 Haight Street Art Center
Discoursing The Grateful Dead: Scholars, Fans, And The 2020 Meeting Of Southwest Popular/American Culture Association, Nicholas G. Meriwether
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy
Academic conferences serve many functions but at heart they are pedagogical enterprises, designed to teach, share, and refine knowledge. This paper uses the 2020 meeting of the Grateful Dead area of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association to explore some of the issues and challenges that define the pedagogical and scholarly work of a conference section. The 2020 meeting offers a useful lens for discussing the area’s contributions and problems within the larger framework and history of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association and the broader field of Grateful Dead studies. The experience of the Dead area illustrates issues in conference dynamics …