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Krammer, Stefan. "Abenteuer Männlichkeit. Adoleszenz in Wolfgang Herrndorfs Roman «Tschick»." Studia theodisca 28 (November 4, 2021): 5–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.54103/1593-2478/16670.

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This article deals with literary constructions of masculinity in Wolfgang Herrndorf’s novel Tschick. The focus is on male adolescence as represented by the characters in the text. The study is guided by the question of how the male socialisation of adolescents is narrated in the novel. Themes such as the search for identity, friendship, sexuality and being an outsider are addressed. The analysis is based on theoretical perspectives offered by masculinity studies, intersectional approaches of identity research as well as genre-related reflections on young adult fiction.

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Bickford, John H. "The representations of LGBTQ themes and individuals in non-fiction young adult literature." Social Studies Research and Practice 12, no. 2 (2017): 182–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ssrp-05-2017-0021.

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Purpose Social justice themes permeate the social studies, history, civics, and current events curricula. The purpose of this paper is to examine how non-fiction trade books represented lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals and issues. Design/methodology/approach Trade books published after 2000 and intended for middle grades (5-8) and high school (9-12) students were analyzed. Findings Findings included main characters’ demography, sexuality, and various ancillary elements, such as connection to LGBTQ community, interactions with non-LGBTQ individuals

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Cronshaw, Darren. "Beyond Divisive Categorization in Young Adult Fiction: Lessons from Divergent." International Journal of Public Theology 15, no. 3 (2021): 426–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15697320-01530008.

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Abstract Veronica Roth’s Divergent is a young adult fiction and movie franchise that addresses issues of political power, social inequity, border control, politics of fear, gender, ethnicity, violence, surveillance, personal authenticity and mind control. It is possible a large part of the popularity of the series is its attention to these issues which young Western audiences are concerned about. The narrative makes heroes of protagonists who become activists for justice and struggle against oppressive social-political systems. What follows is a literary analysis of Divergent, evaluating its t

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Shuo, Yang, and Manimangai Mani. "Embracing Enablement: Impairment, Community and Disability Identity in Young Adult Fiction." Theory and Practice in Language Studies 14, no. 5 (2024): 1393–402. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1405.11.

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Many authors in recent years have worked to encourage the inclusion of disabled people and to show disability characters in a positive light. In order to accomplish this, they tend to produce counter-disability characters and scenarios to promote enablement. This textual analysis focuses on three young adult fictions that provide positive portrayals of protagonists with disability, including Out of My Mind (Draper, 2010), Five Flavors of Dumb (John, 2010) and Jerk, California (Friesen, 2008). Drawing on the social identity theory and the social model, this paper explores how the protagonists'

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Kellett, Kathleen. "Monster Book Club." Magistra Iadertina 19, no. 2 (2025): 35–62. https://doi.org/10.15291/magistra.4724.

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Due to the limits on minors’ legal, geographic, and financial agency, many young people face difficulties directly engaging in civic activity or political activism. Researchers must therefore find creative, desire-centered ways of engaging with youth theories in a manner that is accessible to a broad number of young people. This paper explores the methodologies and theoretical findings of a six-month digital ethnographic study in which twelve American teenagers read and analyzed works of young adult speculative fiction that explore political themes through the central metaphor of monstrosity.

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Krentz, Courtney, Mike Perschon, and Amy St. Amand. "Their Own Devices: Steampunk Airships as Heterotopias of Crisis and Deviance." Humanities 11, no. 1 (2022): 14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/h11010014.

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Michel Foucault uses a sailing vessel as the exemplar of his theory of heterotopia because of its mobility. The lateral and vertical mobility of the steampunk airship indicates the potential for an even greater exemplar of heterotopia, particularly of Foucault’s defining principles of heterotopic crisis and deviance. These principles are explored onboard the steampunk airships of Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan trilogy and Gail Carriger’s Finishing School series, resulting in travel towards progressive social frontiers of gender and race. The protagonists of the Leviathan trilogy move from a posi

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Vogt, Matthew T., Yuen Pun Chow, Jenny Fernandez, Chase Grubman, and Dylan Stacey. "Designing a Reading Curriculum to Teach the Concept of Empathy to Middle Level Learners." Voices from the Middle 23, no. 4 (2016): 38–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.58680/vm201628571.

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Postmodern forms of young adult literature encourage readers to not only question and challenge the status quo but to implement changes to the world around them.—Realistic YA fiction works like Wonder by R.J. Palacio and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie are no exception to this phenomenon.—Both push young readers to view people with disabilities and people from unfortunate economic circumstances from empathetic rather than sympathetic perspectives.—Realistic picturebooks, specifically ones that explore concepts of disabilities and social class, also play a role

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Devendar Sandhu. "Self-fulfilling Prophecy of The Arabian Nights As Reflected in Feminist Young Adult Literature." Creative Saplings 3, no. 10 (2024): 47–59. https://doi.org/10.56062/gtrs.2024.3.10.780.

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This paper analyzes the social-psychological phenomenon of Self-fulfilling Prophecy (SFP) through The Arabian Nights, and the feminist Young Adult (YA) literature. Significantly, the literature of two extreme ages and cultures provides universal messages. Application of Social- Neuroscience concept of Predictive Processing (PP) simplifies the understanding of SFP. In the troubled age of One Thousand and One Nights, Scheherazade narrated strange and intriguing tales to King Shahryar. The folktales provided a unique insight towards peacefully resolving a dreadful conflict. Ignorant of the suppos

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Choplin, Olivia. "Making the Invisible Visible to Our Students: Reading Marie-Célie Agnant Within a Social-Justice-Oriented French Curriculum." Quebec Studies 79 (June 18, 2025): 131–51. https://doi.org/10.3828/qs.2025.7.

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This article examines the works of Haitian-Québécois writer Marie-Célie Agnant within the framework of a social justice-oriented French curriculum. Situating Agnant’s contributions within the evolving discourse on critical pedagogy in world language education, it highlights Agnant’s engagement with themes of power and oppression within and beyond the Haitian diaspora context, demonstrating how her texts reveal systemic injustices tied to gender, race, immigration, and linguistic identity. The analysis extends beyond Agnant’s well-studied adult novels to her young adult literature and short sto

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García-Muñoz, Núria, and Maddalena Fedele. "Television Fiction Series Targeted at Young Audience: Plots and Conflicts Portrayed in a Teen Series." Comunicar 19, no. 37 (2011): 133–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.3916/c37-2011-03-05.

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This paper presents the main findings of a research project on teen series, which are television fiction series featuring teenagers and specifically targeted at a young audience. The analysis of the portrayal of young people in television fictional series specifically targeted at a young audience has a meaningful value both for television production and for audience reception. In fact, the potential consumers of the teen series –the teenagers– find themselves at a key moment in the construction of their identities. First, the article presents a review of the background literature on young peop

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Jaswinder, Kaur. "Disability Activism: Emancipatory Discourse for Women." 'Journal of Research & Development' 14, no. 7 (2023): 7–10. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7810176.

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Capitol Crawl’- A historical moment in the history of America whence persons with disabilities climbed the Capitol’s steps after ditching their assisted devices to get the ADA, American Disability Act, 1990 passed. Considered the largest bill ever passed anywhere in the world for the rights of persons with disabilities. This bill actually remains the model source for disability legislation around the world even now.  But the activism for the rights of the disabled started a decade before the ADA passed. For instance, disability rights organisations such as ADAPT fighting for j

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Yocheva, Kalina. "Words, Characters and Messages in the Queer Romance of Generation Z." Rhetoric and Communications, no. 61 (October 30, 2024): 89–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.55206/dibs1740.

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Abstract: This article presents an attempt to analyze the structural elements and characters that make Casey McQuiston's debut novel Red, White & Royal Blue so popular with readers, as well as the challenges posed to viewers by director Matthew Lopez and the creative team of the eponymous film, which immediately became a cultural phenomenon with many fans among viewers. The novel and its film adaptation follow the relationship between two young men from prominent families against the constraints of a heteronormative society. The article investigates a pertinent and contemporary issue from

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Sale, Brittany, null null, null null, null null, null null, and null null. "Thematic Analysis of Social Issues in Ten Young Adult Novels." Journal of Applied and Educational Research, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.58809/kpis6387.

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The purpose of this study was to complete a thematic analysis on ten randomly selected young adult novels published in the year 2018. Novels were selected based on the criteria of (1) being published in the year 2018, (2) age-appropriate for middle and high school students, (3) written in English and (4) not being a part of a series. The novels were published in the United States or Canada. The thematic analysis was conducted to determine recurring social issues presented in the novels that are affecting young adults. The novels examined in this study are: What If It’s Us, Swing, Unclaimed Bag

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"Robert Heinlein's Space Cadet and the Young Adult Reader: Understanding the Real World through Narrative Transportation Approach." International Journal of Arabic-English Studies 20, no. 1 (2002). http://dx.doi.org/10.33806/ijaes2000.20.1.5.

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Young Adult science fiction is a growing body of work in the science fiction genre that encourages its readers to envision, evaluate, and question contemporary and future real-world incidents. This paper explores the effect of narrative transportation on young adult readers of Robert Heinlein's Space Cadet, a YA science fiction novel. One of the main aspects narrative transportation theory examines is how literature fosters teens' understanding and awareness of themselves and of issues important to them. In this sense, Space Cadet engages the young adult reader with its narrative, its characte

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Turner, Susie, Charlotte Nash, Jane Goodwin, Johanna Smith, Charlie Fairhurst, and Jill Cadwgan. "Transition and Life‐Long Care for Adults With Cerebral Palsy: A Patient Group ‘Too Hard to Impact!’ Are We Still Sending Young People ‘Off a Cliff’?" Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 31, no. 1 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.70011.

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ABSTRACTObjectivesAt Evelina London Children's Hospital, tertiary care is provided for children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) across the South East of England. An increasing number of adults with CP remain under the care of the children's hospital due to a lack of appropriate adult neurodisability services. This quality improvement project as part of a gap analysis regarding transition pathways for young adults with CP, aimed to explore the lived experience of young adults within our service, with respect to transition and care in adulthood.MethodsThis was a multi‐methods design. Firstly, a bespoke

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McDevitt, Jennifer. "Educating and Empowering Teen Activists in Public Libraries: A Case Study of the Impact of Reading on Young Adult Social Justice Actions." Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI, May 31, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/cais1193.

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This participatory case study, which consisted of a co-designed virtual program through the Camrose Public Library, investigates how teen readers engage with the social justice themes in YA fiction, how and if they find these themes useful for understanding and engaging in activism on their own, and the influence of public library programming on these actions. I approached my research from a teen-centred perspective, inviting the youth who participated to make adjustments to each stage of the process. My research design, data collection, and data analysis were informed by critical ethnography

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Sulz, David. "Tomo: Friendship through Fiction: An Anthology of Japan Teen Stories. ed. by H. Thompson." Deakin Review of Children's Literature 2, no. 2 (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.20361/g2wk5g.

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Thompson, Holly (editor). Tomo: Friendship through Fiction: An Anthology of Japan Teen Stories. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, 2012. Print.Shortly after the Great East Japan Earthquake (and tsunami) of 11 March 2011, Holly Thompson came up with a unique idea to contribute to the recovery. The resulting anthology of prose, verse, and graphic art stories by authors and artists from around the world who share a connection to Japan will generate some financial help to support young people affected by this disaster. More importantly, it will contribute to a deeper understanding of, and connectio

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Manchakowsky, Shawna. "Red Queen by V. Aveyard." Deakin Review of Children's Literature 5, no. 2 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.20361/g23w3p.

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Aveyard, Victoria. Red Queen. New York: Harper Teen, 2015. Print.In a world where having red blood means you are nothing but the lowest kind of human and where having silver blood means you are a part of the God-like humans who have unique, individual powers, life is grueling when you are born with red blood. Mare Barrow has chosen a life of crime to survive and knows she will soon be conscripted to fight in the war that no red returns from, just like her older brothers. Her life changes when she gets a job at the palace and accidentally discovers she has a power too. In order to hide this imp

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Pajka-West, Sharon. "Representations of Deafness and Deaf People in Young Adult Fiction." M/C Journal 13, no. 3 (2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.261.

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What began as a simple request for a book by one of my former students, at times, has not been so simple. The student, whom I refer to as Carla (name changed), hoped to read about characters similar to herself and her friends. As a teacher, I have often tried to hook my students on reading by presenting books with characters to which they can relate. These books can help increase their overall knowledge of the world, open their minds to multiple realities and variations of the human experience and provide scenarios in which they can live vicariously. Carla’s request was a bit more complicated

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Feisst, Debbie. "Little Blue and Little Yellow by L. Lionni." Deakin Review of Children's Literature 1, no. 4 (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.20361/g21p4c.

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Lionni, Leo. Little Blue and Little Yellow. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. Print. Award-winning author, artist, and graphic illustrator, Leo Lionni, had a distinguished, decades-spanning career and wrote over 40 children’s books in an easily recognizable style. Little Blue and Little Yellow was his first children’s book, and it won the New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year award in 1959. Lionni was also a four-time Caldecott Honor Book winner, an award that celebrates excellence in children’s picture books. This review pertains to the 2011 board book edition

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Matvienko, Oksana A. "Nutrition Messages in Picture Book Fiction for 4 to 8 Year Old Children." FASEB Journal 30, S1 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.30.1_supplement.152.1.

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This study conducted a content analysis to examine the types of food and nutrition messages communicated in fictional stories aimed at children 4 to 8 years of age. The foundation of healthy eating is established at a young age. Parents play an instrumental role in the process of home‐based nutrition education. Picture books are uniquely positioned to inform young children about food, nutrition and related behaviors because they can be read multiple times and at parents’ convenience. Some reports indicate that 80 to 87 percent of parents read to their young children three or more times a week.

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Jones, Katie. "Representing young men’s experience of anorexia nervosa: a French-language case study." Medical Humanities, October 9, 2020, medhum—2020–011847. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2020-011847.

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This article analyses two young adult (YA) novels about young men’s experience of anorexia nervosa (AN), within the dual contexts of medical humanities research into literary depictions of illness, and the broader field of YA literature about AN. While emphasising the importance of diverse literary narratives in order to raise awareness of the prevalence of AN in men and boys, and to contribute to the reduction of stigma, it also considers current research into the potentially harmful triggering effects of AN literature on vulnerable readers. It identifies Anne Percin’s Point de côté (Side Sti

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Herb, Annika. "Non-Linear Modes of Narrative in the Disruption of Time and Genre in Ambelin Kwaymullina’s The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf." M/C Journal 22, no. 6 (2019). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.1607.

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While Young Adult dystopian texts commonly manipulate expectations of time and space, it is largely in a linear sense—projecting futuristic scenarios, shifting the contemporary reader into a speculative space sometimes only slightly removed from contemporary social, political, or environmental concerns (Booker 3; McDonough and Wagner 157). These concerns are projected into the future, having followed their natural trajectory and come to a dystopian present. Authors write words and worlds of warning in a postapocalyptic landscape, drawing from and confirming established dystopian tropes, and af

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Rattray, Chloe T., and Katie Ellis. ""I Love Every Part of You"." M/C Journal 26, no. 5 (2023). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.2997.

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Introduction The Owl House is an animated television series that aired on the Disney Channel from 2020 to 2023. The series follows Luz, a teenage Dominican-American human who finds a portal to the Demon Realm. She lands on the Boiling Isles, an island archipelago populated with magical creatures. There, Luz befriends a middle-aged witch named Edalyn “Eda” Clawthorne (also known as Eda the Owl Lady), and her housemate/adoptive son King, a cute dog-like demon with a skull for a head. Eda agrees to teach Luz magic. Magic is then used as a narrative prosthesis (McReynolds) to explore themes of inc

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Franks, Rachel. "Cooking in the Books: Cookbooks and Cookery in Popular Fiction." M/C Journal 16, no. 3 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.614.

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Introduction Food has always been an essential component of daily life. Today, thinking about food is a much more complicated pursuit than planning the next meal, with food studies scholars devoting their efforts to researching “anything pertaining to food and eating, from how food is grown to when and how it is eaten, to who eats it and with whom, and the nutritional quality” (Duran and MacDonald 234). This is in addition to the work undertaken by an increasingly wide variety of popular culture researchers who explore all aspects of food (Risson and Brien 3): including food advertising, food

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Joseph, Kaela, and Ruby McCoy. "Personalised Progressive Porno." M/C Journal 27, no. 4 (2024). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.3075.

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Introduction The year 2018 saw drastic shifts in fan spaces where fan works, such as art, fiction, and videos, were once widely, openly shared, including those containing sexually explicit content, a.k.a. porno. Major catalysts were the highly contested United States legislations Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA) and Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA), which addressed the liability of host sites for content shared by users. Shortly after, similar legislation appeared around the world, including Australia’s Online Safety Act 2021. In response, Websites once popular with adolescent

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Rocavert, Carla. "Aspiring to the Creative Class: Reality Television and the Role of the Mentor." M/C Journal 19, no. 2 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.1086.

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Introduction Mentors play a role in real life, just as they do in fiction. They also feature in reality television, which sits somewhere between the two. In fiction, mentors contribute to the narrative arc by providing guidance and assistance (Vogler 12) to a mentee in his or her life or professional pursuits. These exchanges are usually characterized by reciprocity, the need for mutual recognition (Gadamer 353) and involve some kind of moral question. They dramatise the possibilities of mentoring in reality, to provide us with a greater understanding of the world, and our human interaction wi

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Döring, Nicola, and Dan J. Miller. "Performer Demographics (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography)." DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis, October 24, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.34778/5o.

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Pornography is a fictional media genre that depicts sexual fantasies and explicitly presents naked bodies and sexual activities for the purpose of sexual arousal (Williams, 1989; McKee et al., 2020). Regarding media ethics and media effects, pornography has traditionally been viewed as highly problematic. Pornographic material has been accused of portraying sexuality in unhealthy, morally questionable and often sexist ways, thereby harming performers, audiences, and society at large. In the age of the Internet, pornography has become more diverse, accessible, and widespread than ever (Döring,

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Staite, Sophia. "Kamen Rider." M/C Journal 24, no. 5 (2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.2834.

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2021 is the fiftieth anniversary year for Japanese live-action superhero franchise Kamen Rider. For half a century, heroes bearing the name Kamen Rider have battled rubber suited monsters and defended the smiles of children. Unlike many superheroes, however, the Kamen Riders are grotesque heroes, usually drawing their powers from the same source as the villains they battle. Grotesque human-machine-animal hybrids, they differ from their opponents only in the kindness of their hearts and the strength of their spirits. Although the Kamen Rider franchise includes a variety of texts including manga

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Brien, Donna Lee. "Demon Monsters or Misunderstood Casualties?" M/C Journal 24, no. 5 (2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.2845.

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Over the past century, many books for general readers have styled sharks as “monsters of the deep” (Steele). In recent decades, however, at least some writers have also turned to representing how sharks are seriously threatened by human activities. At a time when media coverage of shark sightings seems ever increasing in Australia, scholarship has begun to consider people’s attitudes to sharks and how these are formed, investigating the representation of sharks (Peschak; Ostrovski et al.) in films (Le Busque and Litchfield; Neff; Schwanebeck), newspaper reports (Muter et al.), and social media

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Döring, Nicola, and Dan J. Miller. "Conceptual Overview (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography)." DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis, October 24, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.34778/5k.

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Pornography is neither a documentary media genre that documents what real sex in everyday life looks like, nor is it a pedagogical or moral media genre aimed at showing what ideal sex (in terms of health or morality) should look like. Instead, pornography is a fictional media genre that depicts sexual fantasies and explicitly presents naked bodies and sexual activities for the purpose of sexual arousal (Williams, 1989; McKee et al., 2020). Regarding media ethics and media effects, pornography has traditionally been viewed as highly problematic. Pornographic material has been accused of portray

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Thompson, Jay Daniel, and Erin Reardon. "“Mommy Killed Him”: Gender, Family, and History in Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)." M/C Journal 20, no. 5 (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.1281.

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Introduction Nancy Thompson (Heather Langekamp) is one angry teenager. She’s just discovered that her mother Marge (Ronee Blakley) knows about Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), the strange man with the burnt flesh and the switchblade fingers who’s been killing her friends in their dreams. Marge insists that there’s nothing to worry about. “He’s dead, honey,” Marge assures her daughter, “because mommy killed him.” This now-famous line neatly encapsulates the gender politics of Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). We argue that in order to fully understand how gender operates in Nightma

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Starrs, D. Bruno. "Enabling the Auteurial Voice in Dance Me to My Song." M/C Journal 11, no. 3 (2008). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.49.

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Despite numerous critics describing him as an auteur (i.e. a film-maker who ‘does’ everything and fulfils every production role [Bordwell and Thompson 37] and/or with a signature “world-view” detectable in his/her work [Caughie 10]), Rolf de Heer appears to have declined primary authorship of Dance Me to My Song (1997), his seventh in an oeuvre of twelve feature films. Indeed, the opening credits do not mention his name at all: it is only with the closing credits that the audience learns de Heer has directed the film. Rather, as the film commences, the viewer is informed by the titles that it

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Altiok, Revna. "Unveiling Ken." M/C Journal 27, no. 3 (2024). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.3067.

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Introduction "Barbie has a great day every day, but Ken only has a great day if Barbie looks at him", states the narrator in Barbie (2023). Directed by Greta Gerwig, the film not only claimed the title of the highest-grossing film of the year but also prompted its audience to reconsider a character they had previously mostly overlooked; another one of Barbie’s many accessories: Ken. Ken's identity as Barbie's companion is fundamentally dependent upon the presence and recognition of his more prominent female counterpart. This highlights Ken's secondary role, where he serves as a supporting figu

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