Stranger Things Psychology: Life Upside Down

Stranger Things Psychology: Life Upside Down

by Travis Langley
Stranger Things Psychology: Life Upside Down

Stranger Things Psychology: Life Upside Down

by Travis Langley

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Overview

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.

  • 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?

Stranger Things Psychology: Life Upside Down descends into the dark side of adolescence to find the light on the other side of the ultimate coming-of-age story.

Contributors:

Travis Adams * Jenna Busch * Shelly Clevenger * Erin Currie * Victor Dandridge Jr. * Andrea Frantz * Larisa A. Garski * Wind Goodfriend * Vanessa Hintz * J. Scott Jordan * Greta Kaluzeviciute * Alex Langley * Kevin Lu * Harpreet Malla * Justine Mastin * Brittani Oliver Sillas-Navarro * Leandra Parris * Billy San Juan * Janina Scarlet * William Sharp * Benjamin A. Stover * Eric D. Wesselmann

The proceeds go to help rescue and assist missing and exploited children.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781684429103
Publisher: Turner
Publication date: 02/21/2023
Series: Popular Culture Psychology
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 781,266
File size: 8 MB

About the Author

Travis Langley, PhD, is a distinguished professor of psychology at Henderson State University. He has been a child abuse investigator, courtroom expert, Wheel of Fortune game show champion, and popular keynote speaker. Author and editor of fourteen books, he speaks regularly at events throughout the world, discussing the psychology of heroism and the power of story in people’s lives. The New York Times, LA Times, Saturday Evening Post, CNN, MTV, and hundreds of other outlets have covered Langley’s work. He has also given interviews for several documentaries, including AMC Visionaries: Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics, Superheroes Decoded, Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics, Legends of the Knight, and Hulu’s Batman & Bill.

Follow Travis Langley as @Superherologist on Instagram and Twitter. Join him as he investigates the best and worst in human nature through his Psychology Today blog, “Beyond Heroes and Villains,” and through the Batman and Psychology page at Facebook.com/BatmanBelfry.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments: Our Party Members xi

Introduction: Look for the Demogorgon xv

I Friending

1 "Friends Don't Lie": Friendship Theory and Components 3

2 Navigating the Upside Down: Nonnormative and Typical Adolescent Development 13

3 The Upside (and Downside) of Being Social 23

II Fracturing

4 Boys' Party: How to Fail or Save vs. Toxic Masculinity 33

5 An '80s Daydream or a Comforting Nightmare? An Examination of Black Racial Representation in Hawkins 46

6 Bullying: What It Is and What to Do about It 56

III Missing

7 Missing Children and the Impact on Their Loved Ones 69

8 Missing You: An Exploration into Missing Persons, Ambiguous Loss, and the Journey to Acceptance 78

9 Lonely Things: Surviving Trauma and Loneliness with Some Help from Our Friends 89

IV Feeling

10 The Flow-Memories: The Nostalgic Appeal of Stranger Things 99

11 A Strange Feeling: Investigating Murray Bauman's Grand Conspiracy 108

12 Shame, Survival, and Trauma Processing in the State We Call Fear 118

V Healing

13 Stranger Things in the First Episodes: Lessons from the Start 133

14 The Strangest Things: Choices, Chances, and the Dungeons & Dragons of Life 148

15 It's All in the Game: How Fighting Fake Foes Teaches Us to Face Our Fears 166

Final Word: Finding 175

Notes 179

References 199

Index 223

About the Editor 233

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