Defusing Bombastic Rhetoric With Courtney Crisp

About this episode

Courtney Crisp discusses pop culture scholarship and its relevance in tabletop gaming and fanzines with host Melissa Ford Lucken.

Pop culture scholar and professor Courtney Crisp sits down with Washington Square Review editor Melissa Ford Lucken. This conversation covers the hot topics such as crusader rhetoric found in tabletop role playing games, Dungeons and Dragons, for example, to the magic of old-school printed-on-paper fanzines, to the difficulties of explaining pop culture scholarship to family members who struggle to understand how Pathfinder and Hello Kitty are worthy of scholarly research. Courtney on BlueSky _________________________ Website: Washington Square Review Melissa's Website: Adventures in MFALand Facebook: Melissa Ford Lucken Instagram: Melissa Ford Lucken

People in this episode

Host: Melissa Ford Lucken

Guest: Courtney Crisp

Topics covered

• pop culture scholarship
• tabletop role playing games
• Dungeons and Dragons
• fanzines
• scholarly research

Keywords

• pop culture
• scholarship
• tabletop games
• Dungeons and Dragons
• fanzines
• Pathfinder
• Hello Kitty

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Washington Square Review, Adventures in MFALand

Products: Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, Hello Kitty

Books & works: old-school printed-on-paper fanzines

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