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Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a 2002 academic publication relating to the fictional Buffyverse established by TV series, Buffy and Angel.
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| Editor | Rhonda V. Wilcox David Lavery |
|---|---|
| Author | Various |
| Subject | Buffyverse |
| Genre | academic publication, Media Study |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. |
Publication date | April 2002 |
| Pages | 320 |
| ISBN | 0-7425-1681-4 |
| OCLC | 47443883 |
| 791.45/72 21 | |
| LC Class | PN1992.77.B84 F54 2002 |
Book description
editThe book looks at the struggle to examine meaning in the television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series is examined from a variety of viewpoints, and especially the social and cultural issues dealt with by the series and their place in a wider literary context.
Contents
editThe chapters are grouped as follows:
- Part 1: Forces of Society and Culture: Gender, Generations, Violence, Class, Race and Religion (Chapters 1–10).
- Part 2: Forces of Art and Imagination (Past): Vampires, Magic, and Monsters (Chapters 11–16).
- Part 3: Forces of Art and Imagination (Present): Fan Relationships, Metaphoric and Real (Chapters 17–20).
| Chapter | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Foreword | The Color of Dark in Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Camille Bacon-Smith |
| Intro | Introduction | Rhonda V. Wilcox and David Lavery |
| 01 | "Who Died and Made Her the Boss?" Patterns of Mortality in Buffy | Rhonda V. Wilcox |
| 02 | "My Emotions Give Me Power": The Containment of Girls' Anger in Buffy | Elyce Rae Helford |
| 03 | "I'm Buffy and You're ... History": The Postmodern Politics of Buffy | Patricia Pender |
| 04 | Surpassing the Love of Vampires; or, Why (and How) a Queer Reading of the Buffy/Willow Relationship is Denied | Farah Mendlesohn |
| 05 | Choosing Your Own Mother: Mother-Daughter Conflicts in Buffy | J. P. Williams |
| 06 | Staking in Tongues: Speech Act as Weapon in Buffy | Karen Eileen Overbey and Lahney Preston-Matto |
| 07 | Slaying in Black and White: Kendra as Tragic Mulatta in Buffy | Lynne Edwards |
| 08 | The Undemonization of Supporting Characters in Buffy | Mary Alice Money |
| 09 | "Sometimes You Need a Story": American Christianity, Vampures, and Buffy | Gregory Erickson |
| 10 | Darkness Falls on the Endless Summer: Buffy as Gidget for the Fin de Siècle | Catherine Siemann |
| 11 | Of Creatures and Creators: Buffy Does Frankenstein | Anita Rose |
| 12 | Sex and the Single Vampire: The Evolution of the Vampire Lothario and Its Representation in Buffy | Diane DeKelb-Rittenhouse |
| 13 | "Digging the Undead": Death and Desire in Buffy | Elisabeth Krimmer and Shilpa Raval |
| 14 | Spirit Guides and Shadow Selves: From the Dream Life of Buffy (and Faith) | Donald Keller |
| 15 | Hubble-Bubble, Herbs and Grimoires: Magic, Manichaeanism, and Witchcraft in Buffy | Tanya Krzywinska |
| 16 | Whose Side Are You on, Anyway? Children, Adults, and the Use of Fairy Tales in Buffy | Sarah E. Skwire |
| 17 | Crossing the Final Taboo: Family, Sexuality, and Incest in Buffyverse Fan Fiction | Kristina Busse |
| 18 | "My Boyfriend's in the Band!" Buffy and the Rhetoric of Music | S. Renee Dechert |
| 19 | Buffy’s Mary Sue is Jonathan: Buffy Acknowledges the Fans | Justine Larbalestier |
| 20 | www.buffy.com: Cliques, Boundaries, and Hierarchies in an Internet Community | Amanda Zweerink and Sarah N. Gatson |
| Afterword | The Genius of Joss Whedon | David Lavery |
Critical reception
editThe book was reviewed by Dorothy Kuykendal in Extrapolation,[1] Sabrina P. Ramet in The Journal of Popular Culture,[2] Shannon Rupp in Ottawa Citizen,[3] Nicholas Birns in Science Fiction Studies,[4] Fiona Kelleghan in the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts,[5] and Deborah Netburn in The New York Observer.[6]
References
edit- ^ Kuykendal, Dorothy (2002). "Fighting the forces: What's at stake in buffy the vampire slayer". Extrapolation. 43 (3): 352–354. ISSN 0014-5483. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Ramet, Sabrina P. (2006). "Fighting the forces: What's at stake in buffy the vampire slayer". The Journal of Popular Culture. 39 (2): 338–340.
- ^ Rupp, Shannon (December 15, 2002). "Buffy 101: Academics accept killer assignment: Consider the vampire slayer in 2002". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Birns, Nicholas (2003). "Pop Demonic: Review of Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Science Fiction Studies. 30 (2): 313–315. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Kelleghan, Fiona (2004). "Review of Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 15 (1 (57)): 73–79. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Netburn, Deborah (March 25, 2002). "Media Studies Does Buffy, And Buffy, as Always, Prevails". The New York Observer. p. 26. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via ProQuest.