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Browsing Volume 2, Issue 1 — Traversing Realities: Genres, Histories, and Politics in Popular Culture by Issue Date

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A FIELD GUIDE TO TEACHING AGENCY AND ETHICS: THE WEST WING AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY

Mobley, Kayce; Fisher, Sarah (Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 2015)

Though political science undergraduate courses reflect a rich theoretical tradition, they typically lack opportunities for students to express intangible concepts through the interpretation of creative works, a standard ...
SURVIVOR SKILLS: AUTHENTICITY, REPRESENTATION AND WHY I WANT TO TEACH REALITY TV

Friedman, May (Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 2015)

This paper will consider the pedagogical potential in constructing a class on the phenomenon of reality television by exploring the possibilities and pitfalls of a shared viewing of these “texts” as a site of critical ...
GIRLS, GUNS, AND ZOMBIES: FIVE DIMENSIONS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE WALKING DEAD

Neely, Anthony (Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 2015)

Rooted in sociocultural theory, this article utilizes a conceptual framework derived from Alexander, Schallert, and Reynolds’ four topographical dimensions of learning: who of learning, what of learning, where of learning, ...
“CAN YOU IMAGINE, A REAL, LIVE INDIAN RIGHT HERE IN WALNUT GROVE?”: AMERICAN INDIANS IN TELEVISION ADAPTATIONS OF LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE

Fatzinger, Amy S. (Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 2015)

Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House novels have been adapted into two major television series: Michael Landon’s well-known series, which aired from 1974-1983, and a more recent Disney adaptation, which aired as a miniseries ...
THE GENTLE TONGUE: HOW LANGUAGE AFFECTED THE WORLD OF MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD

Danielson, Louisa (Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 2015)

Although new episodes of the program ceased to be recorded in 2004, the Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood show is still recalled by many today as an iconic childhood staple—the right show to watch if you are a young child or a ...
LEARNING ABOUT PEOPLE, PLACES AND SPACES OF THE WORLD THROUGH INFORMAL PEDAGOGY: SOCIO-(INTER)CULTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS AND CONNECTIONS TO POPULAR CULTURE

Nguyen, Shelbee R. (Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 2015)

This article explores how adult and higher education (AHE) learners utilize popular culture as an informal pedagogical resource when learning about different cultures and preparing for international learning abroad or study ...
REFLECTION: THE TWENTY-LINE TRAP? SHAKESPEARE ENACTED BY YOUNG WOMEN

Reed, Shannon (Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 2015)

Professional actors assemble a toolkit of monologues with an obligatory “Shakespearean monologue” of around 20 lines. But female actors are at a disadvantage, with less than 150 women in a repertoire of over 1100 characters ...
APPLICATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM: HARDLY ELEMENTARY — FRONTIERS FOR FRESHMAN COMPOSITION WITH CONAN DOYLE’S A STUDY IN SCARLET

Donley, Kate M. (Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 2015)

Three recent television and film adaptations testify to the continuing popularity of Arthur Conan Doyle’s consulting detective Sherlock Holmes. The fast-paced novella that introduces detective duo Holmes and Watson, A Study ...
“INDY CLASSICAL INNOVATION: YMUSIC” AT USC’S SOUTHERN EXPOSURE NEW MUSIC SERIES

Kay, Peter B. (Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 2015)

Quiet fills the concert hall. A young man, about 30 years old, stands in front of the audience. With him are a number of musicians in what appears to be a traditional ensemble, but with a few interesting and unusual changes. ...
M. J. TROW. A BRIEF HISTORY OF VAMPIRES

Do, Myha (Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 2015)

From the works of Anne Rice and Stephen King to films on vampires and the walking dead, the appeal of vampirism has become a cultural phenomenon in the United States, especially to young people. In the modern era where the ...