The Avatar television franchise : storytelling, identity, trauma, and fandom /: storytelling, identity, trauma, and fandom. (2023)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The Avatar television franchise : storytelling, identity, trauma, and fandom /: storytelling, identity, trauma, and fandom. (2023)
- Main Title:
- The Avatar television franchise : storytelling, identity, trauma, and fandom
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Francis M. Agnoli.
- Editors:
- Agnoli, Francis M
- Contents:
- List of Images IntroductionFrancis M. Agnoli (Independent scholar, USA)Section 1: Storytelling 1. Noble Lady's Beauty Parlor: Ba Sing Se Fashion and Coding Shuyin Yu (University of Calgary, Canada) 2. Zuko Rides into the Sunset: Avatar and the Western Film Genre Francis M. Agnoli (Independent scholar, USA) 3. Environmental Bending: How Avatar: The Last Airbender Introduces Viewers to EnvironmentalismGia Coturri Sorenson (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA)Section 2: Identity4. Social Identity in Avatar: The Last Airbender Douglas Schulz (University of Bradford, UK)5. 'What Does Me Being a Girl Have to do with Sewing?' Representations of Gender in Avatar: The Last Airbender Ruth Richards (Independent scholar, USA)6. A Queer Relationship: Mapping The Legend of Korra's Industrial Journey Across Mediums Emily Baulch (The University of Queensland, Australia) and Oliver Eklund (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) 7. Material-Spiritual Bodies: Posthuman Performativity of Avatar Safak Horzum (Hacettepe University) and Süleyman Bölükbas (Pennsylvania State University) Section 3: Trauma8. 'Born in You, Along with All the Strife, is the Power to Restore Balance to the World': Exploring Representations of Children's Experiences of Trauma through Avatar: The Last AirbenderJoseph V. Giunta (Rutgers University-Camden, USA)9. Lessons from the Southern Air Temple: How Avatar: The Last Airbender Negotiates the Trauma of ImperialismRyanne Kap (University of Calgary,List of Images IntroductionFrancis M. Agnoli (Independent scholar, USA)Section 1: Storytelling 1. Noble Lady's Beauty Parlor: Ba Sing Se Fashion and Coding Shuyin Yu (University of Calgary, Canada) 2. Zuko Rides into the Sunset: Avatar and the Western Film Genre Francis M. Agnoli (Independent scholar, USA) 3. Environmental Bending: How Avatar: The Last Airbender Introduces Viewers to EnvironmentalismGia Coturri Sorenson (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA)Section 2: Identity4. Social Identity in Avatar: The Last Airbender Douglas Schulz (University of Bradford, UK)5. 'What Does Me Being a Girl Have to do with Sewing?' Representations of Gender in Avatar: The Last Airbender Ruth Richards (Independent scholar, USA)6. A Queer Relationship: Mapping The Legend of Korra's Industrial Journey Across Mediums Emily Baulch (The University of Queensland, Australia) and Oliver Eklund (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) 7. Material-Spiritual Bodies: Posthuman Performativity of Avatar Safak Horzum (Hacettepe University) and Süleyman Bölükbas (Pennsylvania State University) Section 3: Trauma8. 'Born in You, Along with All the Strife, is the Power to Restore Balance to the World': Exploring Representations of Children's Experiences of Trauma through Avatar: The Last AirbenderJoseph V. Giunta (Rutgers University-Camden, USA)9. Lessons from the Southern Air Temple: How Avatar: The Last Airbender Negotiates the Trauma of ImperialismRyanne Kap (University of Calgary, Canada)10. Far from the Last Airbender: Cultural Trauma Construction and Diasporic Reimaginings in Avatar and KorraCaleb Horowitz (Independent Scholar, USA)Section 4: Fandom and Reception11. From Fan Blogs to Earth Rumble VI: Disability Discourse on Avatar: The Last AirbenderMax Dosser (University of Pittsburgh, USA)12. Ships at the EdgeAshley Hendricks (Georgia State University, USA)13. Fans, Gender, and The Sequel: Analyzing Audience Reaction to The Legend of Korra Brecken Hunter Wellborn (The University of Texas at Dallas, USA)Index. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- New York : Bloomsbury Academic
- Publication Date:
- 2023
- Copyright Date:
- 2023
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (viii, 248 pages), illustrations (chiefly color)
- Subjects:
- 791.45/75
Animated television programs
Animated television programs
Television criticism and reviews
Electronic books
Television criticism and reviews - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781501387203
1501387200
9781501387180
1501387189
9781501387197
1501387197 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781501387173
9781501387210 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 13, 2023). - Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.739725
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