Introduction

Andrew Binder in "World Monuments: A Critical Perspective for the Elucidation of Art Appreciation Instructors and Students" draws on his personal journey (both physical and metaphorical) to teach art appreciation from a critical perspective. Emerging Forms of Gender Identity and Performance in e-Romances and Their Feminist Electronic Communities" frames social feminism in e-romance novels using a postmodern lens; Myrna A. Hant in "Feminism Comes of Age on Television: The Portrayals of Empowered Older Women from Murder She Wrote to Damages" considers the change in representation on television of older women from sickly and weak to empowered and vigorous, making links to deconstructing the assumptions of aging; and the film genre of 'eddies,' films about schools, provides the basis of Derisa Grant's analysis of the function and organization of schools in "'Welcome to the Jungle': Understanding the Archetypes and Cinematic Techniques of 'Eddies.'" We thank all of the authors for their contributions to the issue and trust that readers of the journal will engage with the works in a way that inspires their own theory and practice.