Jennifer Schacker
Professor
College of Arts
School of English and Theatre Studies
Guelph, Ontario
jschack@uoguelph.ca
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(519) 824-4120 ext. 53261
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Dr. Schacker's recent research and writing have been focused on French fairy tales in England as they were transformed into the bawdy, rowdy, slapstick art of the Christmas pantomime. This research was supported by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Councilgeneral research grant (2003-2007...
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Bio/Research
Dr. Schacker's recent research and writing have been focused on French fairy tales in England as they were transformed into the bawdy, rowdy, slapstick art of the Christmas pantomime. This research was supported by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Councilgeneral research grant (2003-2007), and has appeared in the "Journal of American Folklore", "Marvels and Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies", and "The Individual in Tradition" (eds. Ray Cashman, Tom Mould, and Pravina Shukla, Indiana University Press, 2011). She completed a book-length study with the working title of "Cross-Dressed Tales: Fairy Tales and the British Pantomime Tradition, examining the place of "panto" in a broader history of the fairy tale."
With a longstanding interest in the histories of handknitting, spinning, and needlecraft, and drawing on her training in ethnographic methods and material culture theory, Schacker is also involved in a study of contemporary craft/DIY movements -- with a special emphasis on the role of digital technologies and social networking in modern quilting.
Schacker's work has drawn on her training as a folklorist and literary scholar and engages with developments in several related but distinct disciplines: folklore, anthropology, children's literature, and fairy-tale studies. She draws on this interdisciplinary field of reference in her teaching to introduce undergraduate and graduate students to a range of critical practices and research methods.
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With a longstanding interest in the histories of handknitting, spinning, and needlecraft, and drawing on her training in ethnographic methods and material culture theory, Schacker is also involved in a study of contemporary craft/DIY movements -- with a special emphasis on the role of digital technologies and social networking in modern quilting.
Schacker's work has drawn on her training as a folklorist and literary scholar and engages with developments in several related but distinct disciplines: folklore, anthropology, children's literature, and fairy-tale studies. She draws on this interdisciplinary field of reference in her teaching to introduce undergraduate and graduate students to a range of critical practices and research methods.
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