Transmediating the Whedonverse(s): Essays on Texts, Paratexts, and Metatexts

ISBN-13: 9783030246181 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 210 str.

Juliette C. Kitchens; Julie L. Hawk

O autorze

Juliette C. Kitchens is an Associate Professor of Writing and Communication at Nova Southeastern University. 

Julie L. Hawk is a Lecturer in English and Research Development Coordinator at the University of West Georgia.

Blurb

This book explores the transmedial nature of the storyworlds created by and/or affiliated with television auteur, writer, and filmmaker, Joss Whedon. As such, the book addresses the ways in which Whedon’s storyworlds, or ‘verses, employ transmedia, both intrinsically as texts and extrinsically as these texts are consumed and, in some cases, reworked, by audiences. This collection walks readers through fan and scholar-fan engagement, intrinsic textual transmediality, and Whedon’s lasting influence on televisual and transmedia texts. In closing, the editors argue for the need to continue research into how the Whedonverse(s) lend themselves to transmedial study, engage audiences in ways that take advantage of multiple media, and encourage textual internalization of these engagements within audiences.