Title:
Stranger Things psychology : life upside down
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Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
Nashville, Tennessee : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., an imprint of Turner Publishing Company, [2023]
Physical Description:
xvi, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781684429097
9781684429080
Abstract:
How do we navigate friendships to unite against bullying and its many forms? What happens to missing persons' families or those once lost upon their return? Can games and fantasy help us connect with others and make sense of real life? Monsters of the Upside Down, beware! Travis Langley (author of the acclaimed Batman and Psychology) returns with a group of expert contributors to explore these and other questions to shine a light on true human nature through the Netflix series and cultural phenomenon, Stranger Things. When do feelings of grief, guilt, depression, fear, and isolation tear us down, and how do we transform them into hope, inspiration, forgiveness, acceptance, and motivation to do what's right? Growing up is hard enough without metaphors for the dangers that lurk in life's shadows springing to life in the form of monsters, villains, conspiracies, and enemy soldiers. Stranger Things Psychology: Life Upside Down descends into the dark sides of adolescence to find the light on the other side of the ultimate coming-of-age story.
Contents:
Introduction : look for the demogorgon / Travis Langley -- Friends don't lie : friendship theory and components / Wind Goodfriend & Andrea Frantz -- Navigating the upside side : nonnormative and typical adolescent development / Erin Currie & Harpreet Malla -- The upside (and downside) of being social / Eric Wesselmann -- Boys party : how to fail or save vs. toxic masculinity / Alex Langley -- An '80s daydream or a comforting nightmare? An examination of black racial representation in Hawkins / Vanessa Hintz -- Bullying : what it is and what to do about it / Leandra Parris Griffis -- Missing children and the impact on their loved ones / Shelly Clevenger -- Missing you : an exploration into missing persons, ambiguous loss, and the journey into acceptance / Brittani Oliver Sillas-Navarro & Travis Adams -- Lonely things : surviving trauma and loneliness with some help from our friends / Janina Scarlet & Jenna Busch -- The now-memories : the nostalgic appeal of stranger things / Dawn Weatherford & William Blake Erickson -- A strange feeling : investigating Murry Bauman's grand conspiracy / Billy San Juan -- Emotional regulation and the strange / Kat La Forgia -- Shame, survival, and trauma processing in the state we call fear / Benjamin A. Stover & Travis Langley -- Stranger things in the first episodes : lessons from the start / William Sharp & Kevin Lu -- The strangest things : choices, changes, and the Dungeons & Dragons of life / J. Scott Jordan & Victor Dandridge, Jr. -- It's all in the game : how fighting fake foes teaches us to face our fears / Justine Mastine & Larisa Garski -- Final word : finding / Travis Langley.
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Language:
English
