Buffy and Angel Conquer the Internet
Essays on Online Fandom
Edited by
Mary
Kirby-Diaz
ISBN
978-0-7864-4205-8
glossary, bibliography, index
219pp.
softcover
2009
Available for immediate shipment
Description
Buffy the Vampire Slayer transcended its cult-comic roots to achieve television success, spawning the spinoff series Angel and an academic movement along the way.
This scholarly treatment takes a multidisciplinary approach to Buffy’s fandom, which has expressed itself through fiction, videos, music, art, and other media. Ten essays analyze the sociology and anthropology of the fan community and how it uses the Internet to share its passion.
About the Author
Mary Kirby-Diaz is a professor of sociology at Farmingdale State College in New York, with a study specialty in family, pedagogy and community mediation. A Buffy fan, she began researching the show’s popular culture in 2003.
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