The Truth of Buffy
Essays on Fiction Illuminating Reality
Edited by
Emily
Dial-Driver
Sally Emmons-Featherston, Jim Ford and Carolyn Anne Taylor
ISBN
978-0-7864-3799-3
appendix, notes, bibliography, index
248pp.
softcover
2008
Temporarily out of stock while McFarland awaits the reprint - accepting backorders
Description
Seemingly the most fantastical of television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer proves on close examination to be firmly rooted in real-world concerns. In this collection of critical essays, 15 authors from several disciplines, including literature, the visual arts, theatre, philosophy, and political science, study ways in which Buffy illuminates viewers’ real-life experiences.
Topics include the series’ complicated portrayals of the relationship between soul, morality, and identity; whether Buffy can truly be described as a feminist icon; stereotypes of Native Americans in the episode "Pangs"; the role of signs in the interaction between Buffy’s aesthetics and audience; and the problem of power and underhanded politics in the Buffy universe.
About the Author
Emily Dial-Driver is a professor of English at Rogers State University and fiction editor of RSU’s Cooweescoowee: A Journal of Arts and Letters. She lives in Claremore, Oklahoma. Sally Emmons-Featherston is an associate professor of English at Rogers State University and the managing editor of RSU’s Cooweescoowee: A Journal of Arts and Letters. She lives in Owasso, Oklahoma. Jim Ford is an associate professor of philosophy and the director of the honors program at Rogers State University. He lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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