Re-Presentations

by Taylor Whittemore (Compiler), Emelia Ho, Taylor Whittemore, Linda M. Crate

Overview

Re-Presentations is an anthologized collection of personal essays converging on the topic of the relationship between fictional characters and developing personal identity.

More specifically, this anthology strives to answer questions such as: how and why do we identify with fictional characters? How does that identification reconfigure our personal self-concept and help us learn from them? How do they change us?

Each chapter will introduce a different fictional character or set of fictional characters and explore the author's connection to them, ultimately suggesting how fictionalized individuals can impact real people and cause them to understand and perhaps present themselves in a different way.

Featured fictional characters include: Severus Snape from the Harry Potter series, Olive Kitteridge from Olive Kitteridge, Leo Fitz from Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Yorkie from the Black Mirror episode "San Junipero," Loki from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Mulan from Disney's Mulan, Buttercup from The Powerpuff Girls, Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn 99, and Dean Winchester from Supernatural.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161102510
Publisher:	Re-Presentations Publications
Publication date:	08/21/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Taylor Whittemore is in her final year of pursuing a Cinema and Media Studies Bachelor of Arts at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. She thoroughly enjoys both fiction writing as well as analytical writing, with her primary topic of interest being science-fiction television. When she is not studying or offering friends personalized lists of television show recommendations, Taylor enjoys traveling, photography, graphic design, and, as expected, watching television.

Linda M. Crate's poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print. She has five published chapbooks A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn (Fowlpox Press - June 2013), Less Than A Man (The Camel Saloon - January 2014), If Tomorrow Never Comes (Scars Publications, August 2016), My Wings Were Made to Fly (Flutter Press, September 2017), and splintered with terror (Scars Publications, January 2018), and one micro-chapbook Heaven Instead (Origami Poems Project, May 2018). She is also the author of the novel Phoenix Tears (Czykmate Books, June 2018).

Emelia Ho is a senior, pursuing a degree in Art History with a minor at the Annenberg School for Communication in Justice, Voice and Advocacy. She has participated in service learning programs through the University of Southern California, and is passionate about community narratives. Her writing focuses on the intersection of art, media and activism. In her free time, she loves to travel, hike and be outside.