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This book iilluminates the relationship between autobiography, fan fiction, and education via philosophical, pedagogical, and formative perspectives.
List of contents
Introduction
Nicola Robertson and Yueling Chen (University of Strathclyde) Part One: Philosophical Considerations
1. Autobiographical Writing and Fan Fiction: Pedagogical Reductions and the Hermeneutic Link
Nicola Robertson and Yueling Chen (University of Strathclyde) 2. Superheroes, Identities and Philosophy: From Fandom to Brandom
Shone Surendran (University College London) Part Two: Pedagogical Approaches 3. The Author's Note as Autobiography and Meta-Analysis in the Secondary Classroom
Abigail Kirby (DePaul University) 4. The Potential of Fan Fiction for Developing Creative Skills
Jonathan Firth (University of Strathclyde) 5. Fan Fiction Fanatics: Exploring Educational Applications of Fan Fiction Through Autoethnographic Inquiry
Jessica Wythe (Birmingham City University) Part Three: Forming Social and Individual Identities
6. Becoming Someone Else: Cosplay as Identity Formation and Solidification
Nicola Robertson (University of Strathclyde) 7. A Palimpsest of Belonging: A Critical Reflection on Writing Fan Fiction About Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables"
Sam Greene (University of Leeds) 8. Marginally Fannish: Restorying Imaginations with Intersectional Counternarratives in Fan Podcasts
Parinita Shetty (Sheffield Hallam University) 9. The Coming of Age of a Caribbean Intellectual: Black Childhood and Evocations of Political Consciousness in George Lamming's In the Castle of My Skin
Marcelo Jose Cabarcas Ortega (Popular University of Cesar) Conclusions, Considerations, Continuations
Nicola Robertson and Yueling Chen (University of Strathclyde)
About the Contributors
About the author
Yueling Chen is a current PhD student at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Nicola Robertson is a Teaching Fellow in Education Studies at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
