Christina Belcher
Biographic Data
| ID | 2568162 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christina Belcher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christina |
| FAMILY NAME | Belcher |
| SIGNATURE | BELCHER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Redeemer University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2101-4036 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Pathology persists and stigma stays
This paper is an analysis of the depiction of autism in The Boy on the Bridge, a post-apocalyptic, dystopian, horror, fiction novel to critically deconstruct the representation of autism specifically related to 15-year-old science prodigy Stephen Greaves. Using a critical content analysis approach, three relevant constructs were identified with depictions including savant/super-crip, non-human othering, and psycho-emotional disablism. Each of the…
Developing visual literacy competencies while learning course content through visual journaling
As modes of language have changed to incorporate more robust multiliteracies, thoughtful interactions are required for teaching and learning within higher education. This qualitative case study considers how new methods of instruction are perceived in higher education through the inclusion of academic visual journals over two semesters of required literacy courses in a Bachelor of Education program in Ontario, Canada. Interviews, transcriptions o…
Culture through Children’s Picture Books
Children's picture books are anything but neutral. As culture moves ahead, technology within society gives and it takes away. The purpose of this paper is to explore how changes in the foundational patterns of life can be seen through the pages of a picture book, and how patterns of recognized change become harbingers of a quasi-prophetic voice pertaining to the future. Through a modified content comparative analysis coupled with the learning heu…
There Is No Such Thing as a Post-racial Prison
This article argues that Orange Is the New Black’s multiculturalist approach to diversity on television is indicative of the show’s inability and unwillingness to critique neoliberalism, and thus to effectively critique the prison industrial complex in the United States. It claims that because the women in prison genre demands a diverse set of characters, the show uses intraracial, class-based conflict to participate in a culture of “color blindn…
Just queer folks
“I Can't Go to an Indigo Girls Concert, I Just Can’t”: Glee's Shameful Lesbian Musicality
Language and religious identity
Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, xiii + 237 pp., £45.00 (hardcover), ISBN 978‐0‐230‐51729‐5 As noted by Jane Sunderland in her preface, ‘the topic of language, religion and gender is a timely
There Is No Such Thing as a Post-racial Prison
This article argues that Orange Is the New Black’s multiculturalist approach to diversity on television is indicative of the show’s inability and unwillingness to critique neoliberalism, and thus to effectively critique the prison industrial complex in the United States. It claims that because the women in prison genre demands a diverse set of characters, the show uses intraracial, class-based conflict to participate in a culture of “color blindn…
Developing visual literacy competencies while learning course content through visual journaling
As modes of language have changed to incorporate more robust multiliteracies, thoughtful interactions are required for teaching and learning within higher education. This qualitative case study considers how new methods of instruction are perceived in higher education through the inclusion of academic visual journals over two semesters of required literacy courses in a Bachelor of Education program in Ontario, Canada. Interviews, transcriptions o…
Language and religious identity
Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, xiii + 237 pp., £45.00 (hardcover), ISBN 978‐0‐230‐51729‐5 As noted by Jane Sunderland in her preface, ‘the topic of language, religion and gender is a timely
“I Can't Go to an Indigo Girls Concert, I Just Can’t”: Glee's Shameful Lesbian Musicality
Just queer folks
There Is No Such Thing as a Post-racial Prison
This article argues that Orange Is the New Black’s multiculturalist approach to diversity on television is indicative of the show’s inability and unwillingness to critique neoliberalism, and thus to effectively critique the prison industrial complex in the United States. It claims that because the women in prison genre demands a diverse set of characters, the show uses intraracial, class-based conflict to participate in a culture of “color blindn…
Culture through Children’s Picture Books
Children's picture books are anything but neutral. As culture moves ahead, technology within society gives and it takes away. The purpose of this paper is to explore how changes in the foundational patterns of life can be seen through the pages of a picture book, and how patterns of recognized change become harbingers of a quasi-prophetic voice pertaining to the future. Through a modified content comparative analysis coupled with the learning heu…
Developing visual literacy competencies while learning course content through visual journaling
As modes of language have changed to incorporate more robust multiliteracies, thoughtful interactions are required for teaching and learning within higher education. This qualitative case study considers how new methods of instruction are perceived in higher education through the inclusion of academic visual journals over two semesters of required literacy courses in a Bachelor of Education program in Ontario, Canada. Interviews, transcriptions o…
Pathology persists and stigma stays
This paper is an analysis of the depiction of autism in The Boy on the Bridge, a post-apocalyptic, dystopian, horror, fiction novel to critically deconstruct the representation of autism specifically related to 15-year-old science prodigy Stephen Greaves. Using a critical content analysis approach, three relevant constructs were identified with depictions including savant/super-crip, non-human othering, and psycho-emotional disablism. Each of the…
Sociology (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Literacy, Media, and Education (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)