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Teaching Popular Culture in the Humanities Classroom

Edited by Ashley Archiopoli; Katherine Hampsten and Elizabeth Fish Hatfield - Foreword by Edward Janak and Ludovic A. Sourdot - Afterword by Katherine Hampsten - Contributions by Ashley Archiopoli; Anthony Ramirez; Steven Rodriguez Jr.; James M. Okapal; Melissa Eriko Poulsen; Peter Burkholder; Elizabeth Fish Hatfield; Devan Charles Lindey; John F. Lyons; Nick J. Sciullo; Sabrina Voelz and Katherine Hampsten

From the television we watch and the films we consume to the experience of user-generated content, this volume explores various forms of popular culture as teaching tools. Teaching popular culture well hinges on the application, not the mere inclusion of popular culture artifacts. It is the nuance of praxis where theory meets practice, the artful marriage of academic knowledge with popular culture. In this volume, the authors leverage popular culture as a powerful teaching tool that is familiar and accessible. This tool provides a lens for approaching complex academic experiences and elucidating new concepts in applications that have been tested and applied in the classroom. Each essay outlines the theory that underpins elegant integrations of popular culture into learning.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 218 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-66696-707-4 • Hardback • December 2024 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
978-1-66696-708-1 • eBook • December 2024 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Series: Education and Popular Culture
Subjects: Social Science / Popular Culture, Social Science / Anthropology / General, Social Science / Sociology / General

Ashley M. Archiopoli is associate professor of communication studies at the University of Houston-Downtown.

Katherine Hampsten is professor of communication studies at St. Mary’s University.

Elizabeth Fish Hatfield is associate professor of communication studies at the University of Houston – Downtown.

Part I: Engaging Students

Chapter 1

Leveraging Internet Culture for Community Building in Online Classrooms

Ashley M. Archiopoli

Chapter 2

Create a Comic Book Character: Showcasing Identity, Representation, and DEI Through Critical and Creative Skills

Anthony Ramirez

Chapter 3

Teaching Person-Environment Fit with the Movie Soul

Steven Rodriguez Jr.

Part II: Analysis and Applications

Chapter 4

Exploring and Expanding Moral Philosophy through Science Fiction

James M. Okapal

Chapter 5

Making Meaning in a Shifting World: Teaching Media Literacy through Everything Everywhere All At Once

Melissa Eriko Poulsen

Chapter 6

The Numbers Don’t Lie – or Do They? An Exercise in Decoding a Historical Film

Peter Burkholder

Part III: Narrative and Storytelling

Chapter 7

Teaching Narrative Performance Theory with Disney’s Encanto

Elizabeth Fish Hatfield

Chapter 8

The Many Stories of Hugh Glass: From the Frontier to the Big Screen and Leonardo DiCaprio’s First Oscar

Devan Charles Lindey

Chapter 9

Yesterday: A Beatles Oral History Project

John F. Lyons

Part IV: Exploring Identity

Chapter 10

Teaching Black Lives Matter Through Hip-Hop

Nick J. Sciullo

Chapter 11

Exploring Difficult History Lessons, Identity Construction, the Artistic Expansion of Sitcom

Storytelling Tools in the Black-ish Episode, Juneteenth

Sabrina Voelz

Chapter 12

Teaching Competent Cross-Cultural Communication with Abbott Elementary

Katherine Hampsten

Teaching Popular Culture in the Humanities Classroom

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Hardback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • From the television we watch and the films we consume to the experience of user-generated content, this volume explores various forms of popular culture as teaching tools. Teaching popular culture well hinges on the application, not the mere inclusion of popular culture artifacts. It is the nuance of praxis where theory meets practice, the artful marriage of academic knowledge with popular culture. In this volume, the authors leverage popular culture as a powerful teaching tool that is familiar and accessible. This tool provides a lens for approaching complex academic experiences and elucidating new concepts in applications that have been tested and applied in the classroom. Each essay outlines the theory that underpins elegant integrations of popular culture into learning.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 218 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
    978-1-66696-707-4 • Hardback • December 2024 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
    978-1-66696-708-1 • eBook • December 2024 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
    Series: Education and Popular Culture
    Subjects: Social Science / Popular Culture, Social Science / Anthropology / General, Social Science / Sociology / General
Author
Author
  • Ashley M. Archiopoli is associate professor of communication studies at the University of Houston-Downtown.

    Katherine Hampsten is professor of communication studies at St. Mary’s University.

    Elizabeth Fish Hatfield is associate professor of communication studies at the University of Houston – Downtown.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Part I: Engaging Students

    Chapter 1

    Leveraging Internet Culture for Community Building in Online Classrooms

    Ashley M. Archiopoli

    Chapter 2

    Create a Comic Book Character: Showcasing Identity, Representation, and DEI Through Critical and Creative Skills

    Anthony Ramirez

    Chapter 3

    Teaching Person-Environment Fit with the Movie Soul

    Steven Rodriguez Jr.

    Part II: Analysis and Applications

    Chapter 4

    Exploring and Expanding Moral Philosophy through Science Fiction

    James M. Okapal

    Chapter 5

    Making Meaning in a Shifting World: Teaching Media Literacy through Everything Everywhere All At Once

    Melissa Eriko Poulsen

    Chapter 6

    The Numbers Don’t Lie – or Do They? An Exercise in Decoding a Historical Film

    Peter Burkholder

    Part III: Narrative and Storytelling

    Chapter 7

    Teaching Narrative Performance Theory with Disney’s Encanto

    Elizabeth Fish Hatfield

    Chapter 8

    The Many Stories of Hugh Glass: From the Frontier to the Big Screen and Leonardo DiCaprio’s First Oscar

    Devan Charles Lindey

    Chapter 9

    Yesterday: A Beatles Oral History Project

    John F. Lyons

    Part IV: Exploring Identity

    Chapter 10

    Teaching Black Lives Matter Through Hip-Hop

    Nick J. Sciullo

    Chapter 11

    Exploring Difficult History Lessons, Identity Construction, the Artistic Expansion of Sitcom

    Storytelling Tools in the Black-ish Episode, Juneteenth

    Sabrina Voelz

    Chapter 12

    Teaching Competent Cross-Cultural Communication with Abbott Elementary

    Katherine Hampsten

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