Fighting the forces
| Titel: | Fighting the forces : what's at stake in Buffy the vampire slayer / ed. by Rhonda V. Wilcox ... |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Lanham [u.a.] : Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 |
| Umfang: | XXIX, 290 S. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Sprache nicht angegeben |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
TV - popular culture |
| ISBN: | 0742516814 |
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| Lokale Klassifikation: | Sekundärliteratur |
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- Foreword: The Color of the Dark in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- p. xi
- Acknowledgments
- p. xv
- Introduction
- p. xvii
- Part I
- Forces of Society and Culture: Gender, Generations, Violence, Class, Race, and Religion
- 1
- "Who Died and Made Her the Boss?" Patterns of Mortality in Buffy
- p. 3
- 2
- "My Emotions Give Me Power": The Containment of Girls' Anger in Buffy
- p. 18
- 3
- "I'm Buffy, and You're...History": The Postmodern Politics of Buffy
- p. 35
- 4
- Surpassing the Love of Vampires; or, Why (and How) a Queer Reading of the Buffy/Willow Relationship Is Denied
- p. 45
- 5
- Choosing Your Own Mother: Mother-Daughter Conflicts in Buffy
- p. 61
- 6
- Staking in Tongues: Speech Act as Weapon in Buffy
- p. 73
- 7
- Slaying in Black and White: Kendra as Tragic Mulatta in Buffy
- p. 85
- 8
- The Undemonization of Supporting Characters in Buffy
- p. 98
- 9
- "Sometimes You Need a Story": American Christianity, Vampires, and Buffy
- p. 108
- 10
- Darkness Falls on the Endless Summer: Buffy as Gidget for the Fin de Siecle
- p. 120
- Part II
- Forces of Art and Imagination (Past): Vampires, Magic, and Monsters
- 11
- Of Creatures and Creators: Buffy Does Frankenstein
- p. 133
- 12
- Sex and the Single Vampire: The Evolution of the Vampire Lothario and Its Representation in Buffy
- p. 143
- 13
- "Digging the Undead": Death and Desire in Buffy
- p. 153
- 14
- Spirit Guides and Shadow Selves: From the Dream Life of Buffy (and Faith)
- p. 165
- 15
- Hubble-Bubble, Herbs, and Grimoires: Magic, Manichaeanism, and Witchcraft in Buffy
- p. 178
- 16
- Whose Side Are You on, Anyway? Children, Adults, and the Use of Fairy Tales in Buffy
- p. 195
- Part III
- Forces of Art and Imagination (Present): Fan Relationships, Metaphoric and Real
- 17
- Crossing the Final Taboo: Family, Sexuality, and Incest in Buffyverse Fan Fiction
- p. 207
- 18
- "My Boyfriend's in the Band!" Buffy and the Rhetoric of Music
- p. 218
- 19
- Buffy's Mary Sue Is Jonathan: Buffy Acknowledges the Fans
- p. 227
- 20
- www.buffy.com: Cliques, Boundaries, and Hierarchies in an Internet Community
- p. 239
- Afterword: The Genius of Joss Whedon
- p. 251
- Episode Guide for Seasons 1 to 5
- p. 257
- Bibliography
- p. 261
- Index
- p. 273
- About the Contributors
- p. 287