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Glee and New Directions for Social Change.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Youth, Media, and Culture SeriesPublisher: Rotterdam : BRILL, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (248 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789462099050
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Glee and New Directions for Social ChangeLOC classification:
  • L1-991
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Glee and New Directions for Social Change -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Section 1: The Framework -- 1. Using the "New Directions" to Move Media Viewers in the Right Directions: Examining the Effects of Glee Narratives on Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions towards Stigmatized Groups -- Section 2: Bullying -- 2. A Gleek Perspective on Slushie Facials: Fan Forum Posts about Portrayals of Bullying on Glee -- 3. I'll Stand by You: Glee Characters' Multiple Identities and Bystander Intervention on Bullying -- Section 3: LGBTQ (Mis)Representations -- 4. Glee Goes Gaga: Queering Concepts of High School Identity Formation -- 5. Something Old &amp -- Borrowed: Homonormativity and Marriage in Glee -- 6. Kurt and Blaine: New Sexual Scripts for Gay Youth -- 7. Sue Sylvester, Coach Beiste, Santana Lopez, and Unique Adams: Exploring Queer Representations of Femininity on Glee -- Section 4: Identity Politics -- 8. Glee and "Born This Way": Therapeutic and Postracial Rhetoric -- 9. 'Loser Like Me': Unicorns, Romeos, and Ethical Failure -- 10. "Handi-Capable"?: An Analysis of How Disability is Represented on Glee -- Section 5: Death and the Search for Meaning -- 11. From "Grilled Cheesus" to "The Quarterback": The New Directions' Search for Meaning -- 12. On My Our Way: Gay Suicidal Logics and Queer Survival -- 13. The Asteroid and the Shooter: Lessons Learned from "Shooting Star" -- 14. Swan Song: The Art of Letting Go in Glee -- Section 6: Social Justice Perspectives -- 15. Defying Gravity: Are Glee's Fat-Bottomed Girls Helping Us Rise above Fat Stereotypes? -- 16. Do I Have a Pamphlet for That?: Miss Pillsbury's Lack of Social Justice Mentoring -- About the Contributors.
Summary: Public schools in early America were designed to ensure the reproduction of Eurocentric social values. It could be argued that little has changed. Gender Lessons takes an in-depth look at how schools institutionalize gender--how kids are taught the rules and expectations of performing masculinity and femininity.
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Intro -- Glee and New Directions for Social Change -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Section 1: The Framework -- 1. Using the "New Directions" to Move Media Viewers in the Right Directions: Examining the Effects of Glee Narratives on Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions towards Stigmatized Groups -- Section 2: Bullying -- 2. A Gleek Perspective on Slushie Facials: Fan Forum Posts about Portrayals of Bullying on Glee -- 3. I'll Stand by You: Glee Characters' Multiple Identities and Bystander Intervention on Bullying -- Section 3: LGBTQ (Mis)Representations -- 4. Glee Goes Gaga: Queering Concepts of High School Identity Formation -- 5. Something Old &amp -- Borrowed: Homonormativity and Marriage in Glee -- 6. Kurt and Blaine: New Sexual Scripts for Gay Youth -- 7. Sue Sylvester, Coach Beiste, Santana Lopez, and Unique Adams: Exploring Queer Representations of Femininity on Glee -- Section 4: Identity Politics -- 8. Glee and "Born This Way": Therapeutic and Postracial Rhetoric -- 9. 'Loser Like Me': Unicorns, Romeos, and Ethical Failure -- 10. "Handi-Capable"?: An Analysis of How Disability is Represented on Glee -- Section 5: Death and the Search for Meaning -- 11. From "Grilled Cheesus" to "The Quarterback": The New Directions' Search for Meaning -- 12. On My Our Way: Gay Suicidal Logics and Queer Survival -- 13. The Asteroid and the Shooter: Lessons Learned from "Shooting Star" -- 14. Swan Song: The Art of Letting Go in Glee -- Section 6: Social Justice Perspectives -- 15. Defying Gravity: Are Glee's Fat-Bottomed Girls Helping Us Rise above Fat Stereotypes? -- 16. Do I Have a Pamphlet for That?: Miss Pillsbury's Lack of Social Justice Mentoring -- About the Contributors.

Public schools in early America were designed to ensure the reproduction of Eurocentric social values. It could be argued that little has changed. Gender Lessons takes an in-depth look at how schools institutionalize gender--how kids are taught the rules and expectations of performing masculinity and femininity.

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