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Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy

Author : James B. South
Publisher : Open Court
ISBN 13 : 0812697472
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (126 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.

Why Buffy Matters

Author : Rhonda Wilcox
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 085773038X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Why Buffy Matters written by Rhonda Wilcox and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2005-08-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hugely enjoyable, long awaited book by top world authority on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Buffy is still on screens and on DVD in home television libraries of a wide array of TV watchers and fans. This is also the student text for TV and cultural studies at colleges and universities where Buffy is widely taught. Rhonda Wilcox is a world authority on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", who has been writing and lecturing about the show since its arrival on our screens. This book is the distillation of this remarkable body of work and thought, a celebration of the series that she proposes is an aesthetic test case for television. Buffy is enduring as art, she argues, by exploring its own possibilities for long-term construction as well as producing individual episodes that are powerful in their own right. She examines therefore the larger patterns that extend through many episodes: the hero myth, the imagery of light, naming symbolism, Spike, sex and redemption, Buffy Summers compared and contrasted with Harry Potter. She then moves in to focus on individual episodes, such as the "Buffy musical Once More, with Feeling", the largely silent Hush and the dream episode "Restless" (T.S. Eliot comes to television). She also examines Buffy's ways of making meaning - from literary narrative and symbolism to visual imagery and sound. Combining great intelligence and wit, written for the wide Buffy readership, this is the worthy companion to the show that has claimed and kept the minds and hearts of watchers worldwide.

The Existential Joss Whedon

Author : J. Michael Richardson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786455306
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Existential Joss Whedon written by J. Michael Richardson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the major works of contemporary American television and film screenwriter Joss Whedon. The authors argue that these works are part of an existentialist tradition that stretches back from the French atheistic existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre, through the Danish Christian existentialist Soren Kierkegaard, to the Russian novelist and existentialist Fyodor Dostoevsky. Whedon and Dostoevsky, for example, seem preoccupied with the problem of evil and human freedom. Both argue that in each and every one of us "a demon lies hidden." Whedon personifies these demons and has them wandering about and causing havoc. Dostoevsky treats the subject only slightly more seriously. Chapters cover such topics as Russian existentialism and vampire slayage; moral choices; ethics; Faith and bad faith; constructing reality through existential choice; some limitations of science and technology; love and self-sacrifice; love, witchcraft, and vengeance; soul mates and moral responsibility; love and moral choice; forms of freedom; and Whedon as moral philosopher.

The Philosophy of Joss Whedon

Author : Dean A. Kowalski
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081313997X
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Joss Whedon written by Dean A. Kowalski and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2012-01-27 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every generation produces a counterculture icon. Joss Whedon, creator of the long-running television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is famed for his subversive wit, rich characters, and extraordinary plotlines. His renown has only grown with subsequent creations, including Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse, and the innovative online series Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Through premises as unusual as a supernatural detective agency run by a vampire and a Western set in outer space, Whedon weaves stories about characters forced to make commonplace moral decisions under the most bizarre of circumstances. The Philosophy of Joss Whedon examines Whedon's plots and characterizations to reveal their philosophical takes on the limits of personal freedom, sexual morality, radical evil, and Daoism.

What Would Buffy Do?

Author : Jana Riess
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 : 9780787969226
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (692 download)

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Download or read book What Would Buffy Do? written by Jana Riess and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2004-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Would Buffy Do? explores the fascinating spiritual, religious, and mythological ideas of television's hit series Buffy the Vampire Slayer--from apocalypse and sacrifice to self-reliance, redemption, and the need for humor when fighting our spiritual battles.

Buffy Meets the Academy

Author : Kevin K. Durand
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786453745
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Buffy Meets the Academy written by Kevin K. Durand and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents serious academic scholarship on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It differs from other works because it uses Buffy as a primary text and not as a secondary instrument to explore other concepts. In doing so, it demonstrates that popular culture studies should be approached with the same serious attention that is paid to classic philosophy and other long-established fields. Essays assemble the Buffy canon and explore how Buffy treats Shakespeare, comics, power, sisterhood, apocalyptic revisionism, folklore, feminism, redemption, patriarchy, identity and education. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Undead TV

Author : Elana Levine
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822340430
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Undead TV written by Elana Levine and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2007-11-02 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVCritical studies of the popular television show, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER./div

Buffy Goes Dark

Author : Lynne Y. Edwards
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786452498
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Buffy Goes Dark written by Lynne Y. Edwards and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buffy the Vampire Slayer earned critical acclaim for its use of metaphor to explore the conflicts of growth, power, and transgression. Its groundbreaking stylistic and thematic devices, boldness and wit earned it an intensely devoted fan base—and as it approached its zenith, attention from media watchdog groups and the Federal Communications Commission. The grim and provocative evolution of the show over its final two seasons polarized its audience, while also breaking new ground for critical and philosophical analysis. The thirteen essays in this collection, divided into the perspectives of feminist, cultural, auteur and fan studies, explore the popular series’ conclusion, providing a multifaceted examination of Buffy’s most controversial two seasons.

Sex and the Slayer

Author : Lorna Jowett
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780819567581
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (675 download)

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Download or read book Sex and the Slayer written by Lorna Jowett and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2005-04-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author aims "to demonstrate in this book not how "feminist" or "progressive" the show is but how it represents femininity, masculinity, and gender relations, including sexuality, and how this relates to the context of genre. The book aims to draw out ... patterns of gender representation and to relate these to relevant contexts".--Intro.

Buffy and Angel Conquer the Internet

Author : Mary Kirby-Diaz
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786453206
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Buffy and Angel Conquer the Internet written by Mary Kirby-Diaz and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Myth, Metaphor and Morality

Author : Mark Field
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781522057772
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (577 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.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: High School is Hell Deluxe Edition

Author : Jordie Bellaire
Publisher : BOOM! Studios
ISBN 13 : 9781684155354
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (553 download)

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Download or read book Buffy the Vampire Slayer: High School is Hell Deluxe Edition written by Jordie Bellaire and published by BOOM! Studios. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An oversized hardcover collection of BOOM! Studios’ critically acclaimed reimagining of Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, with an all new story featuring fan favorite Wesley Wyndam-Pryce. Go back to the beginning as the critically acclaimed pop culture phenomenon Buffy The Vampire Slayer is reimagined under the guidance of series creator Joss Whedon! This is the Buffy Summers you know, who wants what every average teenager wants: friends at her new school, decent grades, and to escape her imposed destiny as the next in a long line of vampire slayers tasked with defeating the forces of evil...only this time around, her world looks a lot more like the one outside your window. Eisner Award winner Jordie Bellaire (Redlands), Russ Manning Award winner Dan Mora (Go Go Power Rangers, Hexed), and superstar artist David Lopez (Captain Marvel), along with series creator Joss Whedon (Marvel’s The Avengers), bring Buffy into a new era with new challenges, new friends, and a few enemies you might already recognize. But the more things change, the more they stay the same as the Gang faces brand-new Big Bads, and the threat lurking beneath the perfectly manicured exterior of Sunnydale High confirms what every teenager has always known: high school truly is hell. Collects Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1-12, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chosen Ones #1 and an exclusive new ten page story about everyone’s favorite Watchers, Giles & Wesley.

Philosophical Potential in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Author : Anonym
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783640763405
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (634 download)

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Download or read book Philosophical Potential in Buffy the Vampire Slayer written by Anonym and published by . This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,7, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, language: English, abstract: The pop cultural TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BtVS, 1997-2003), produced and directed by Joss Whedon, definitely exceeds the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 1992. Especially "Once More, with Feeling," a musical episode that very much differs from the rest of the series, is an extraordinary treasure in the history of television. In this, Joss Whedon self-ironically summits the developments from previous episodes and makes it a climax of the series. Dawn's question: "Come on, songs, dancing around... what's gonna be wrong with that?" in the beginning of the musical episode as well as the knowledge that there is no day in Buffyverse that leads to hugs and puppies, has the viewer automatically suppose that this episode offers a meaning beyond pure entertainment. Sweet, the summoned dancing demon, forces the inhabitants of Sunnydale to sing their most intimate secrets to one another, and this - how else could it be - leads to chaos, desperation, and pain. In this critical approach, an analysis of the musical episode's different layers of reality and fantasy will be given in order to prove that the highest fantastical level still deals with the most realistic issues of life. Only by recognizing the most fantastical layers as encrypted reality, it is understandable that in BtVS the Scooby Gang does not only kick ass but that the series, and especially this episode, carries high philosophical potential as well. In order to understand the different layers of reality and fantasy, it is necessary to make clear what this exactly means in the given context. As reality, we do not understand the perceptive faculty of the existing nature by the individual but by the public at large. In this approach, the audience's shared universal knowledge and everything which is considered as real will be defined as reality. In

Buffy Goes Dark

Author : Lynne Y. Edwards
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786436767
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Buffy Goes Dark written by Lynne Y. Edwards and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buffy the Vampire Slayer earned critical acclaim for its use of metaphor to explore the conflicts of growth, power, and transgression. Its groundbreaking stylistic and thematic devices, boldness and wit earned it an intensely devoted fan base--and as it approached its zenith, attention from media watchdog groups and the Federal Communications Commission. The grim and provocative evolution of the show over its final two seasons polarized its audience, while also breaking new ground for critical and philosophical analysis. The thirteen essays in this collection, divided into the perspectives of feminist, cultural, auteur and fan studies, explore the popular series' conclusion, providing a multifaceted examination of Buffy's most controversial two seasons.

Seven Seasons of Buffy

Author : Glenn Yeffeth
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 193525149X
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Seven Seasons of Buffy written by Glenn Yeffeth and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-06-22 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of irreverent and surprising essays about the popular television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer includes pieces by leading science fiction and fantasy authors. Contributors include bestselling legend David Brin, critically acclaimed novelist Scott Westerfeld, cult-favorite vampire author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and award-winner Sarah Zettel. The show and its cast are the topics of such critical pieces as Lawrence Watt-Evans's "Matchmaking in Hellmouth" and Sherrilyn Kenyon's "The Search for Spike's Balls." An informed introduction for those not well acquainted with the show, and a source of further research for Buffy buffs, this book raises interesting questions concerning a much-loved program and future cult classic.

The Truth of Buffy

Author : Sally Emmons-Featherston
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078645167X
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Truth of Buffy written by Sally Emmons-Featherston and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Wisdom of War

Author : Christopher Golden
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743427602
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book The Wisdom of War written by Christopher Golden and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could the Council have something to do with water beast that hit the Sunnydale scene?