I'm Buffy and You're History: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Contemporary Feminism

ISBN-13: 9781780767468 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 256 str.

Patricia Pender

Opis

Buffy the Vampire Slayer gave contemporary TV viewers an exhilarating alternative to the tired cultural trope of a hapless, attractive blonde woman victimized by a murderous male villain. With its strong, capable heroine; quippy, witty dialogue; and a creator (Joss Whedon) who identifies himself as a feminist, the cult show became one of the most widely analyzed texts of contemporary popular culture.This book reveals the ways in which Buffy reconfigures the ideals of second-wave American feminism for a broadly conceived third-wave audience. It also explores the ways in which the final season s vision of collective feminist activism transcends racial and class boundaries. I m Buffy and You re History will foster fresh debate within the fields of Buffy studies, gender studies and popular culture studies."

Spis treści

Introduction 1. “I’m Buffy and You’re . . . History”: The Postmodern Politics of Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2. “Kicking Ass is Comfort Food”: Buffy as Third Wave Feminist Icon 3. “This Revolution Will Be Televised”: Buffy and the Transnational Sisterhood of Slayers 4. “Never Kill a Boy on the First Date”: Masculinity in Extremis Angel’s Abjection Riley, Heteronormativity, and Relapse Sex, Suffering, and Spike 5. “From Beneath You It Devours”: Andrew and the Homoerotics of Evil 6. “Why Can’t You Just Masturbate Like the Rest of Us?” Pleasure, Pedagogy, and Fandom 7. “I Think the Subtext Here is Rapidly Becoming Text”: The Slayer’s Legacy in Popular Culture 8. “Where Do We Go from Here?”: The Future of Buffy Studies Notes Bibliography