LEADER 04579nam 2200649 450 001 9910460226703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a94-6209-806-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-6209-806-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000244804 035 $a(EBL)1973947 035 $a(OCoLC)891651105 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001354244 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11906053 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001354244 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11322707 035 $a(PQKB)11735030 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3034990 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-6209-806-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1973947 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789462098060 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3034990 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10931980 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL764187 035 $a(PPN)181350785 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000244804 100 $a20141004h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe politics of Panem $echallenging genres /$fedited by Sean P. Connors 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aRotterdam, The Netherlands :$cSense Publishers,$d2014. 210 4$d©2014 215 $a1 online resource (227 p.) 225 1 $aCritical Literacy Teaching Series: Challenging Authors and Genre 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a94-6209-805-0 311 $a94-6209-804-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aPreliminary Material /$rSean P. Connors -- Introduction /$rSean P. Connors -- ?Some Walks You Have to Take Alone? /$rRoberta Seelinger Trites -- Worse Games To Play? /$rSusan S. M. Tan -- Hungering for Middle Ground /$rMeghann Meeusen -- The Three Faces of Evil /$rBrian McDonald -- ?I Was Watching You, Mockingjay? /$rSean P. Connors -- Exploiting the Gaps in the Fence /$rMichael Macaluso and Cori McKenzie -- ?It?s Great to Have Allies As Long As You Can Ignore the Thought That You?ll Have to Kill Them? /$rAnna O. Soter -- ?I Try to Remember Who I Am and Who I Am Not? /$rSean P. Connors -- ?We End Our Hunger for Justice!? /$rRodrigo Joseph Rodríguez -- ?She Has No Idea. The Effect She Can Have? /$rHilary Brewster -- Are the -Isms Ever in Your Favor? /$rIris Shepard and Ian Wojcik-Andrews -- The Revolution Starts With Rue /$rAntero Garcia and Marcelle Haddix -- Afterword: Why Are Strong Female Characters Not Enough? /$rP. L. Thomas -- Author Biographies /$rSean P. Connors. 330 $aThe Hunger Games trilogy is a popular culture success. Embraced by adults as well as adolescents, Suzanne Collins?s bestselling books have inspired an equally popular film franchise. But what, if anything, can reading the Hunger Games tell us about what it means to be human in the world today? What complex social and political issues does the trilogy invite readers to explore? Does it merely entertain, or does it also instruct? Bringing together scholars in literacy education and the humanities, The Politics of Panem: Challenging Genres examines how the Hunger Games books and films, when approached from the standpoint of theory, can challenge readers and viewers intellectually. At the same time, by subjecting Collins?s trilogy to literary criticism, this collection of essays challenges its complexity as an example of dystopian literature for adolescents. How can applying philosophic frameworks such as those attributable to Socrates and Foucault to the Hunger Games trilogy deepen our appreciation for the issues it raises? What, if anything, can we learn from considering fan responses to the Hunger Games? How might adapting the trilogy for film complicate its ability to engage in sharp-edged social criticism? By exploring these and other questions, The Politics of Panem: Challenging Genres invites teachers, students, and fans of the Hunger Games to consider how Collins?s trilogy, as a representative of young adult dystopian fiction, functions as a complex narrative. In doing so, it highlights questions and issues that lend themselves to critical exploration in secondary and college classrooms. 410 0$aCritical literacy teaching series, challenging authors and genre ;$vVolume 6. 606 $aDystopias in literature 615 0$aDystopias in literature. 676 $a370 676 $a813.609 702 $aConnors$b Sean P. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460226703321 996 $aThe politics of Panem$92490543 997 $aUNINA