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Black Witches and Queer Ghosts

Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation in Teen Supernatural Serials

Edited by Camille S. Alexander - Contributions by Camille S. Alexander; Ailish Brassil; Rebecca Brown; Maria Soledad Caballero; Mauro Colarieti; Barry Michael Cole; Michelle Drake; Deanna Koretsky; Amy LeBlanc; Blue Profitt; Amanda Putnam; Ananya Saha and Xen Virtue

This book is a collection of 13 essays centering on supernatural serials such as television programs, video games, anime, and manga, featuring teen protagonists and marketed to teen audiences. These essays provide discussions of characters in teen supernatural serials who disrupt white, cisgender social narratives, and addresses possible ways that the on-screen depictions of these characters, who may be POC or LGBTQIA+, can lead to additional discussions of more accurate representations of the Other in the media. This collection explores depictions of characters of color and/or LGBTQ characters in teen supernatural serials who were/are marginalized and examines the possible issues that these depictions can raise on a social level and, possibly, a developmental level for audience members who belong to these communities. The essays included in this collection thoroughly examine these characters and their narratives while providing nuanced examinations of how the media chooses to represent teens of color and LGBTQIA+ teens.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 270 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-66692-675-0 • Hardback • April 2024 • $115.00 • (£88.00)
978-1-66692-676-7 • eBook • April 2024 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Subjects: Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural, Social Science / Gender Studies, Social Science / Media Studies

Camille S. Alexander is assistant professor of English at Tuskegee University.

Chapter 1: Bonnie Bennett, Final Girl

Deanna P. Koretsky

Chapter 2: Gender and Race in Stranger Things: Fighting the Demogorgon One Stereotype at a Time

Amanda Putnam

Chapter 3: Debunking the Normative: Queerness Vis-à-vis “Magic Boys” in Fantasy Anime

Ananya Saha

Chapter 4: Ghosts of Gothic’s Past in the Present: The Haunting of Bly Manor and New Approaches to Adaptation and Representation for Young Adult Audiences

Michelle Drake

Chapter 5: To Choose or Be Chosen: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Question of Inheritance

M. Soledad Caballero

Chapter 6: Shunned Spaces and Queer Spirits: The Spectral Absence of LGBTQIA2S+ in Contemporary Ghost Lore

Barry M. Cole

Chapter 7: Siblings and the Supernatural: A Compelling Analysis of the Familial Bonds Presented in The Vampire Diaries

Ailish Kate Brassil

Chapter 8: Everyday Hero: The Hyper-Relatable Superheroes of the Life is Strange franchise

Mauro Colarieti

Chapter 9: Uncanny and Doubling Horror in Childhood: Abject Disruptions in Stranger Things

Amy Janna LeBlanc

Chapter 10: Now Memories: Restorative Nostalgia and Anachronistic Queerness in Stranger Things

Blue Profitt

Chapter 11: “Just Some Guy”: Musicals as an Expression of Queer Desire in Dead End: Paranormal Park

Xen Virtue

Chapter 12: “Just the Facts”: Erica Sinclair and the Possibility of Black Girlhood in Stranger Things

Rebecca Brown

Chapter 13: Bonnie ‘will figure it out. She always does.’: The Post-Racial, Pop Culture Mammy and The Vampire Diaries

Camille S. Alexander

This exciting collection offers a significant and timely contribution to understandings of contemporary televisual media. In its exploration of representations of gender, race and sexuality in teen supernatural serials, it speaks to contemporary debates on media representation and visibility, seriality and storytelling, and the teen and supernatural genre/s. In its engaging selection of chapters, the collection draws out detailed intersectional critiques of the complexities of representation, both celebrating its possibilities and revealing its limitations. These insightful and necessary discussions will be of significant interest to others in the field.


— Kate McNicholas Smith, Lecturer in Television Theory, University of Westminster


Black Witches and Queer Ghosts

Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation in Teen Supernatural Serials

Cover Image
Hardback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • This book is a collection of 13 essays centering on supernatural serials such as television programs, video games, anime, and manga, featuring teen protagonists and marketed to teen audiences. These essays provide discussions of characters in teen supernatural serials who disrupt white, cisgender social narratives, and addresses possible ways that the on-screen depictions of these characters, who may be POC or LGBTQIA+, can lead to additional discussions of more accurate representations of the Other in the media. This collection explores depictions of characters of color and/or LGBTQ characters in teen supernatural serials who were/are marginalized and examines the possible issues that these depictions can raise on a social level and, possibly, a developmental level for audience members who belong to these communities. The essays included in this collection thoroughly examine these characters and their narratives while providing nuanced examinations of how the media chooses to represent teens of color and LGBTQIA+ teens.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 270 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
    978-1-66692-675-0 • Hardback • April 2024 • $115.00 • (£88.00)
    978-1-66692-676-7 • eBook • April 2024 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
    Subjects: Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural, Social Science / Gender Studies, Social Science / Media Studies
Author
Author
  • Camille S. Alexander is assistant professor of English at Tuskegee University.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: Bonnie Bennett, Final Girl

    Deanna P. Koretsky

    Chapter 2: Gender and Race in Stranger Things: Fighting the Demogorgon One Stereotype at a Time

    Amanda Putnam

    Chapter 3: Debunking the Normative: Queerness Vis-à-vis “Magic Boys” in Fantasy Anime

    Ananya Saha

    Chapter 4: Ghosts of Gothic’s Past in the Present: The Haunting of Bly Manor and New Approaches to Adaptation and Representation for Young Adult Audiences

    Michelle Drake

    Chapter 5: To Choose or Be Chosen: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Question of Inheritance

    M. Soledad Caballero

    Chapter 6: Shunned Spaces and Queer Spirits: The Spectral Absence of LGBTQIA2S+ in Contemporary Ghost Lore

    Barry M. Cole

    Chapter 7: Siblings and the Supernatural: A Compelling Analysis of the Familial Bonds Presented in The Vampire Diaries

    Ailish Kate Brassil

    Chapter 8: Everyday Hero: The Hyper-Relatable Superheroes of the Life is Strange franchise

    Mauro Colarieti

    Chapter 9: Uncanny and Doubling Horror in Childhood: Abject Disruptions in Stranger Things

    Amy Janna LeBlanc

    Chapter 10: Now Memories: Restorative Nostalgia and Anachronistic Queerness in Stranger Things

    Blue Profitt

    Chapter 11: “Just Some Guy”: Musicals as an Expression of Queer Desire in Dead End: Paranormal Park

    Xen Virtue

    Chapter 12: “Just the Facts”: Erica Sinclair and the Possibility of Black Girlhood in Stranger Things

    Rebecca Brown

    Chapter 13: Bonnie ‘will figure it out. She always does.’: The Post-Racial, Pop Culture Mammy and The Vampire Diaries

    Camille S. Alexander

Reviews
Reviews
  • This exciting collection offers a significant and timely contribution to understandings of contemporary televisual media. In its exploration of representations of gender, race and sexuality in teen supernatural serials, it speaks to contemporary debates on media representation and visibility, seriality and storytelling, and the teen and supernatural genre/s. In its engaging selection of chapters, the collection draws out detailed intersectional critiques of the complexities of representation, both celebrating its possibilities and revealing its limitations. These insightful and necessary discussions will be of significant interest to others in the field.


    — Kate McNicholas Smith, Lecturer in Television Theory, University of Westminster


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