Fighting the Forces

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.

Fighting The Forces
EditorRhonda V. Wilcox
David Lavery
AuthorVarious.
SubjectBuffyverse
Genreacademic publication, Media Study
PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date
April 2002
Pages320
ISBN0-7425-1681-4
OCLC47443883
791.45/72 21
LC ClassPN1992.77.B84 F54 2002

Book description

The 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

The 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).
ChapterTitleAuthor
ForewordThe Color of Dark in Buffy the Vampire SlayerCamille Bacon-Smith
IntroIntroductionRhonda V. Wilcox and David Lavery
01"Who Died and Made Her the Boss?" Patterns of Mortality in BuffyRhonda V. Wilcox
02"My Emotions Give Me Power": The Containment of Girls' Anger in BuffyElyce Rae Helford
03"I'm Buffy and You're ... History": The Postmodern Politics of BuffyPatricia Pender
04Surpassing the Love of Vampires; or, Why (and How) a Queer Reading of the Buffy/Willow Relationship is DeniedFarah Mendlesohn
05Choosing Your Own Mother: Mother-Daughter Conflicts in BuffyJ. P. Williams
06Staking in Tongues: Speech Act as Weapon in BuffyKaren Eileen Overbey and Lahney Preston-Matto
07Slaying in Black and White: Kendra as Tragic Mulatta in BuffyLynne Edwards
08The Undemonization of Supporting Characters in BuffyMary Alice Money
09"Sometimes You Need a Story": American Christianity, Vampures, and BuffyGregory Erickson
10Darkness Falls on the Endless Summer: Buffy as Gidget for the Fin de SiècleCatherine Siemann
11Of Creatures and Creators: Buffy Does FrankensteinAnita Rose
12Sex and the Single Vampire: The Evolution of the Vampire Lothario and Its Representation in BuffyDiane DeKelb-Rittenhouse
13"Digging the Undead": Death and Desire in BuffyElisabeth Krimmer and Shilpa Raval
14Spirit Guides and Shadow Selves: From the Dream Life of Buffy (and Faith)Donald Keller
15Hubble-Bubble, Herbs and Grimoires: Magic, Manichaeanism, and Witchcraft in BuffyTanya Krzywinska
16Whose Side Are You on, Anyway? Children, Adults, and the Use of Fairy Tales in BuffySarah E. Skwire
17Crossing the Final Taboo: Family, Sexuality, and Incest in Buffyverse Fan FictionKristina Busse
18"My Boyfriend's in the Band!" Buffy and the Rhetoric of MusicS. Renee Dechert
19Buffy’s Mary Sue is Jonathan: Buffy Acknowledges the FansJustine Larbalestier
20www.buffy.com: Cliques, Boundaries, and Hierarchies in an Internet CommunityAmanda Zweerink and Sarah N. Gatson
AfterwordThe Genius of Joss WhedonDavid Lavery
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