Buffy The Vampire Slayer Myth Metaphor And Morality

Author : Mark Field
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781522057772
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Myth, Metaphor and Morality written by Mark Field and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-24 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected essays covering each episode of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Author : James B. South
Publisher : Open Court
ISBN 13 : 0812697472
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy written by James B. South and published by Open Court. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-three essays by young professional philosophers examine crucial ethical and metaphysical aspects of the Buffyverse (the world of Buffy). Though the show already attracted much scholarly attention, this is the first book to fully disinter the intellectual issues. Designed by Whedon as a multilevel story with most of its meanings deeply buried in heaps of heavy irony, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has replaced The X-Files as the show that explains to Americans the nature of the powerful forces of evil continually threatening to surge into our world of everyday decency and overwhelm it. In the tradition of the classic horror films Buffy the Vampire Slayer addresses ethical issues that have long fascinated audiences. This book draws out the ethical and metaphysical lessons from a pop-culture phenomenon.

Author : Matthew Pateman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476606129
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Aesthetics of Culture in Buffy the Vampire Slayer written by Matthew Pateman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-03-21 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the TV screen as elsewhere, there is often more than meets the eye. For decades, television has offered not just entertainment, but observations--subtle and otherwise--on society. This book examines the cultural commentary contained in Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, a show that ran for seven seasons (1997-2003) and 144 episodes. On the surface, Buffy is the marriage of a high school drama to gothic horror. This somewhat unusual vehicle is used to present, via the character of Buffy, fairly typical views of late 20th century culture-teenage problems; issues regarding a broken home; and the search for meaning and validation. In addition, subtler themes, such as cultural views of knowledge, ethnicity and history, are woven into the show's critique of popular culture. Organized into two sections, this volume offers an in-depth examination of the show: first, through the lens of Buffy's confrontation with culture, and second, from the complex perspectives of the individual characters. Issues such as values, ethical choices and the implications of one's actions are discussed--without ever losing sight of the limitations of a medium that will always be dominated by financial concerns. The final chapter summarizes what Buffy has to say about today's society. An appendix lists Buffy episodes in chronological order.

Author : Jodie A. Kreider
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786462140
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buffy in the Classroom written by Jodie A. Kreider and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book combines the academic and practical aspects of teaching by exploring the ways in which Buffy the Vampire Slayer is taught, internationally, through both interdisciplinary and discipline-based approaches. Essays describe how Buffy can be used to explain--and encourage further discussion of--television's narrative complexity, archetypal characters, morality, feminism, identity, ethics, non-verbal communication, film production, media and culture, censorship, and Shakespeare, among other topics.

Author : Evan Ross Katz
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 0306826704
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born written by Evan Ross Katz and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the history and cultural impact of a groundbreaking television show adored by old and new fans alike: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Over the course of its seven-year run, Buffy the Vampire Slayer cultivated a loyal fandom and featured a strong, complex female lead, at a time when such a character was a rarity. Evan Ross Katz explores the show’s cultural relevance through a book that is part oral history, part celebration, and part memoir of a personal fandom that has universal resonance still, decades later. Katz—with the help of the show’s cast, creators, and crew—reveals that although Buffy contributed to important conversations about gender, sexuality, and feminism, it was not free of internal strife, controversy, and shortcomings. Men—both on screen and off—would taint the show’s reputation as a feminist masterpiece, and changing networks, amongst other factors, would drastically alter the show’s tone. Katz addresses these issues and more, including interviews with stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Charisma Carpenter, Emma Caulfield, Amber Benson, James Marsters, Anthony Stewart Head, Seth Green, Marc Blucas, Nicholas Brendon, Danny Strong, Tom Lenk, Bianca Lawson, Julie Benz, Clare Kramer, K. Todd Freeman, Sharon Ferguson; and writers Douglas Petrie, Jane Espenson, and Drew Z. Greenberg; as well as conversations with Buffy fanatics and friends of the cast including Stacey Abrams, Cynthia Erivo, Lee Pace, Claire Saffitz, Tavi Gevinson, and Selma Blair. Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born engages with the very notion of fandom, and the ways a show like Buffy can influence not only how we see the world but how we exist within it.

Author : Rhonda Wilcox
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Buffy Matters written by Rhonda Wilcox and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 2005-11-05 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer from the woman CNN hailed as the *Mother of Buffy Studies*

Author : C. Alan Lytle
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595164714
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Vampire written by C. Alan Lytle and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is my life, my reality. I am not a vampire, not a real one anyway. I am simply the lucky lottery winner of an all-star line-up of illness. From Anemia to Xeroderma Pigmentosum and all points between. The real diseases which have helped created the Vampire myth. Yes, I drink blood and my skin burns in sunlight. But I don't change into animals and I don't live forever. Not by a longshot. I'll be lucky to see thirty. So will my friends. We share the challenges of our disease, and the dream of living a normal life, as unlikely as that may be.

Author : Jane Espenson
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1935251325
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Serenity Found written by Jane Espenson and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lot has happened since Finding Serenity. We learned River's secret; Mal took on the Alliance. Our favorite crew became Big Damn Heroes. And the Browncoats proved that hard work, passion and a little fan coordination can do the impossible. Serenity Found takes the contents of Finding Serenity even further, exploring not just the show but the events of the film as well, to create an anthology that's even more thought-provoking, fascinating and far-thinking than its predecessor. * Acclaimed science fiction author Orson Scott Card lauds "Serenity" as film sci-fi finally done right * Writer and comedian Natalie Haynes reveals the real feminist savvy of the "Firefly" universe: the girls get the guns and the gags * Pop culture critic Michael Marano connects damaged, ass-kicking River to the other weaponized women of the Whedonverse * Multiverse executive producer Corey Bridges explains why the world of "Firefly" is the perfect setting for an MMORPG * Mutant Enemy's visual effects wizard Loni Peristere relates what he's learned from Joss about telling stories, and tells a story of his own about Serenity's design * Television Without Pity recapper Jacob Clifton frames "Serenity" as a parable about media: how it controls us, how we can control it and how to separate the signal from the noise * And Nathan Fillion, "Firefly" and "Serenity's" Captain Malcolm Reynolds, shares his affinity for Mal and his love of Mal's ship and crew.

Author : Valerie Estelle Frankel
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078648943X
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buffy and the Heroine's Journey written by Valerie Estelle Frankel and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The worlds of Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, and other modern epics feature the Chosen One--an adolescent boy who defeats the Dark Lord and battles the sorrows of the world. Television's Buffy the Vampire Slayer represents a different kind of epic--the heroine's journey, not the hero's. This provocative study explores how Buffy blends 1990s girl power and the path of the warrior woman with the oldest of mythic traditions. It chronicles her descent into death and subsequent return like the great goddesses of antiquity. As she sacrifices her life for the helpless, Buffy experiences the classic heroine's quest, ascending to protector and queen in this timeless metaphor for growing into adulthood.

Author : M. M. Kaye
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110114257X
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ordinary Princess written by M. M. Kaye and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-03-18 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along with Wit, Charm, Health, and Courage, Princess Amy of Phantasmorania receives a special fairy christening gift: Ordinariness. Unlike her six beautiful sisters, she has brown hair and freckles, and would rather have adventures than play the harp, embroider tapestries . . . or become a Queen. When her royal parents try to marry her off, Amy runs away and, because she's so ordinary, easily becomes the fourteenth assistant kitchen maid at a neighboring palace. And there . . . much to everyone's surprise . . . she meets a prince just as ordinary (and special) as she is! "This delightful fairy tale is sure to please young romantics . . . Neither Kaye's princess nor her book should be considered ordinary." (School Library Journal)