The Resource Playing dead : mock trauma and folk drama in staged high school drunk-driving tragedies, Montana Miller
Playing dead : mock trauma and folk drama in staged high school drunk-driving tragedies, Montana Miller
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The item Playing dead : mock trauma and folk drama in staged high school drunk-driving tragedies, Montana Miller represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- As the Grim Reaper pulls a student out of class to be a "victim" of drunk driving in a program called "Every 15 Minutes," Montana Miller observes the ritual through a folklorist's lens. Playing Dead examines why hundreds of American schools and communities each year organize these mock tragedies without any national sponsorship or coordination. Often, the event is complete with a staged accident in the parking lot, a life-flight helicopter, and faux eulogies for the "dead" students read in school assemblies. Grounding her research in play theory, frame theory, and theory of folk drama,
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 148 pages)
- Contents
-
- Foreword by Jack Santino; 1. Every 15 Minutes Someone Dies; 2. Backdrop for the Scene; 3. Marked for Death: Ambiguity and Slippery Steps in Frames of Play; 4. Engrossed Out: Every 15 Minutes as Folk Drama; 5. The Dazzle and Darkness of Play; 6. Shattering Frames: The Crash through YouTube's Window; Conclusion: Rustles in the Gallery; References; Index
- Isbn
- 9780874218923
- Label
- Playing dead : mock trauma and folk drama in staged high school drunk-driving tragedies
- Title
- Playing dead
- Title remainder
- mock trauma and folk drama in staged high school drunk-driving tragedies
- Statement of responsibility
- Montana Miller
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- As the Grim Reaper pulls a student out of class to be a "victim" of drunk driving in a program called "Every 15 Minutes," Montana Miller observes the ritual through a folklorist's lens. Playing Dead examines why hundreds of American schools and communities each year organize these mock tragedies without any national sponsorship or coordination. Often, the event is complete with a staged accident in the parking lot, a life-flight helicopter, and faux eulogies for the "dead" students read in school assemblies. Grounding her research in play theory, frame theory, and theory of folk drama,
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Miller, Montana
- Dewey number
- 398.27/7
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GR72.3
- LC item number
- .M55 2012eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Ritual, festival, and celebration
- Series volume
- v. 2
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Folklore
- Folk drama
- High school students
- Death
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Death
- Folk drama
- Folklore
- High school students
- Label
- Playing dead : mock trauma and folk drama in staged high school drunk-driving tragedies, Montana Miller
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Foreword by Jack Santino; 1. Every 15 Minutes Someone Dies; 2. Backdrop for the Scene; 3. Marked for Death: Ambiguity and Slippery Steps in Frames of Play; 4. Engrossed Out: Every 15 Minutes as Folk Drama; 5. The Dazzle and Darkness of Play; 6. Shattering Frames: The Crash through YouTube's Window; Conclusion: Rustles in the Gallery; References; Index
- Control code
- 822561765
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 148 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780874218923
- Lccn
- 2012035279
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt47p1fz
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)822561765
- Label
- Playing dead : mock trauma and folk drama in staged high school drunk-driving tragedies, Montana Miller
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Foreword by Jack Santino; 1. Every 15 Minutes Someone Dies; 2. Backdrop for the Scene; 3. Marked for Death: Ambiguity and Slippery Steps in Frames of Play; 4. Engrossed Out: Every 15 Minutes as Folk Drama; 5. The Dazzle and Darkness of Play; 6. Shattering Frames: The Crash through YouTube's Window; Conclusion: Rustles in the Gallery; References; Index
- Control code
- 822561765
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 148 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780874218923
- Lccn
- 2012035279
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt47p1fz
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)822561765
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