Teaching with Taylor Swift

Pedagogical Approaches to Taylor Swift in the 21st-Century Classroom

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Identifying theoretical and practical approaches to incorporate one of the 21st century’s most popular artists into the classroom, Teaching with Taylor allows instructors to channel existing passion about and interest in Taylor Swift.This educational text offers readers theoretical approaches, pedagogical justifications, and practical models for incorporating Taylor Swift into their pedagogy across the curriculum and across various levels of instruction. The intention is to take advantage of existing knowledge and excitement students (and many instructors) have about Swift as an artist, public figure, and source of constant media coverage, and use those factors to explore Swift as an incredibly useful, versatile subject of study for modern pedagogy.The volume is divided into several sections focusing on: 1) theoretical approaches to teaching with Swift globally; 2) teaching with Swift in an English studies context; 3) grappling with racial and cultural identities in a Swift pedagogical context; 4) teaching with Swift in curricula/departments across disciplines as varied as Spanish, religion, and gender studies; and 5) shorter, praxis-focused essays that detail specific Swift-focused assignments ranging from classroom activities to longer-form and more in-depth student work. This collection offers a compilation of thoughtful, theoretically informed, and practical approaches to teaching concepts as far-ranging as lyrical analysis, narrative medicine, public theology, cultural integration vs. cultural appropriation, the rhetoric of conspiracy theories, media savvy, karmic feminism, and much more.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-12-10
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9798216474661

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Pedagogik inom Psykologi och pedagogik

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Devori Kimbro is Associate Lecturer of English at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA. She designed and taught “English Studies: Taylor’s Version” for her department to great success. Her work has appeared in Prose Studies, Humanities. She is currently working on an edited collection entitled Early Modern English Cultural Trauma from the Page and Stage. Her current favorite Taylor Swift album is The Tortured Poets Department.Kim Hensley Owens is Professor of English at Northern Arizona University, USA. She designed and teaches “Taylor Swift and the Rhetoric of (Almost) Everything.” Her publications include articles, book chapters, the collection Beyond Productivity (2024), and her monograph, Writing Childbirth (2015). Her current favorite Taylor Swift album is 1989.

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Foreword Debut Era: Or, How I Started to Teach with TaylorKaitlin ClinninIntroduction Exploring the Benefits, Challenges, and Possibilities of Teaching with Taylor SwiftKim Hensley Owens and Devori KimbroI. Why Teach Taylor Swift?Chapter 1 “Fighting Dragons with You”: An Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies Approach to Teaching Taylor SwiftEmily JanuaryChapter 2 "Mr. Superior Thinking”: Challenging Hierarchies of Taste and Learning to Love What You Love (Taylor's Version)Noël IngramChapter 3 In Defense of Taylor (and her Swifties)Heidi GiffinII. English Studies & TheoryChapter 4 A ‘True' Fan Could Say That: How to Encourage Fans to Engage with CritiqueK.C. MonthieChapter 5 Framing Discourse Communities with Swiftie LensesJuliette HolderChapter 6 Masterminds and Meaning-Making: Taylor Swift, QAnon, and InquiryJenna HarteChapter 7 Poetic Lyrics and Easter Eggs: Taylor Swift Comes to ScunthorpeAidan NorrieChapter 8 From Jonathan Swift to Taylor Swift: A Swiftie’s Approach to Teaching the Eighteenth CenturyBridget DonnellyChapter 9 "The “Master of Spin”: Using Taylor Swift to Meddle with Mad Studies"Chloe Bond & Amber MooreIII. Race & CultureChapter 10 Swifties of Color in the College Classroom: Letters on Race and Pedagogical Possibilities of Taylor SwiftLisa Delacruz Combs & Jacob Wong-CampbellChapter 11 "Karma Is My Boyfriend”: Teaching Karmic Feminism with Taylor Swift in the Indian ClassroomPuja RajIV. Teaching Taylor across the CurriculumChapter 12 Designing and Teaching Spanish for Swiftie Purposes (Taylor’s Version)Alyssia Miller De RuttéChapter 13 Teaching Scripture with Taylor Swift: Three Examples from Undergraduate Bible CoursesAlexander P. ThompsonChapter 14 “You Are What You Love”: Taylor Swift as Public Theologian and the Formation of Core Values in First-Year College StudentsAlex HendricksonV. Praxis Chapter 15 “The Teenage Love Triangle”: An Introduction to Fragmented NarrativeLydia Ezell Cooper and Emmy BrownChapter 16 Reliving for the Hope of It All: Navigating Difficult Discussions Through SongSebastian J. LangdellChapter 17 The Tortured Communication Department: Media Criticism and Fearless Self-DiscoveryChandra K. Massner & Megan ChildressChapter 18 “Hey Kids! Spelling is Fun!”: Using Taylor Swift to Bring Joy Back into the ClassroomEmily L. NewmanChapter 19 “And He Never Thinks of Me”: Taylor Swift as a Tool for Teaching Research in the Writing ClassroomDestiny BrugmanChapter 20 "This Is Why We Can’t Have Stuffy Curriculum: Teaching Swift Alongside Classics in High School English ClassroomsMahailey OliverIndex