Buffy The Vampire Slayer And Philosophy
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Author | : James B. South |
Publisher | : Open Court |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2011-04-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0812697472 |
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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.
Author | : Jodie A. Kreider |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0786462140 |
Download Buffy in the Classroom Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book combines the academic and practical aspects of teaching by exploring the ways in which Buffy the Vampire Slayer is taught, internationally, through both interdisciplinary and discipline-based approaches. Essays describe how Buffy can be used to explain--and encourage further discussion of--television's narrative complexity, archetypal characters, morality, feminism, identity, ethics, non-verbal communication, film production, media and culture, censorship, and Shakespeare, among other topics.
Author | : J. Michael Richardson |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2014-11-18 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0786455306 |
Download The Existential Joss Whedon Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Rhonda Wilcox |
Publisher | : I.B. Tauris |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2005-11-05 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : |
Download Why Buffy Matters Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A celebration of TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer from the woman CNN hailed as the *Mother of Buffy Studies*
Author | : Jana Riess |
Publisher | : Jossey-Bass |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004-04-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780787969226 |
Download What Would Buffy Do? Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Dean A. Kowalski |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2012-01-27 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 081313997X |
Download The Philosophy of Joss Whedon Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Kevin K. Durand |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0786453745 |
Download Buffy Meets the Academy Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Elana Levine |
Publisher | : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2007-11-02 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780822340430 |
Download Undead TV Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
DIVCritical studies of the popular television show, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER./div
Author | : Lynne Y. Edwards |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0786452498 |
Download Buffy Goes Dark Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Lorna Jowett |
Publisher | : Wesleyan University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2005-04-15 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780819567581 |
Download Sex and the Slayer Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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.