Volume 24.2 | Summer 2013
Table of Contents
From the Editor's Desk Slot Machines and Players Memories: A Return to Eden J.A. White Correction of a Falsified Image: Creole Voodoo Alexandra Reuber Malinche: The Voice of a Nation Patricia M. Kirtley and William M. Kirtley The Coming of Age of Chinese Comics: Manhua, "Mr. Wang," and Shanghai Sketch Ying Bao The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Cinematic Representations of High School English Teachers Donald J. Newman Katniss Everdeen, Role Model? Morality and Ethics in the Hunger Games Trilogy Brent Gibson Mary Pickford: The Little Girl Who Called the Shots Kathy Meriock Jackson Becoming the One Who Knocks: Innovations as a Response to Social Strains in AMC's Breaking Bad Patrick Osborne Who is the Man with No Name? Names and Namlessness in Western Fiction Joseph Serio BOOK REVIEWS Projecting Tomorrow: Science Fiction and Popular Games by James Chapman and Nicholas J. Cull Reviewed by Daniel Ferreras Savoye. The Drunken Botanist-- Plants that Create the Worid's Great Drinks by Amy Stewart Reviewed by Susan Hoerner Gender, Branding, and the Modern Music Industry: The Social Construction of Female Populär Music Stars by Kristin J. Lieb Reviewed by Kim Idol |