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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.
Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword by David Lavery
Preface: At Sixes and Sevens in Sunnydale
Section 1. Auteurs
(Writers, Directors, Producers)
Marti Noxon: Buffy's Other Genius
DAVID PERRY
Understanding the Espensode
DAVID KOCIEMBA
Section 2. Characters
(Lovers, Fans and Heroes)
Evil, Skanky, and Kinda Gay: Lesbian Images and Issues
ALISSA WILTS
"It's complicated ... because of Tara": History, Identity Politics, and the Straight White Male Author
BRANDY RYAN
The Candide of Sunnydale: Andrew Wells as Satire of Pop Culture and Marketing Trends
IRA SHULL AND ANNE SHULL
Section 3. Story
(Flesh, Style and Purpose)
Buffy and the Death of Style
MICHAEL ADAMS
"Set on This Earth Like a Bubble": Word as Flesh in the Dark Seasons
RHONDA V. WILCOX
Bodies and Narrative in Crisis: Figures of Rupture and Chaos in Seasons Six and Seven GREGORY ERICKSON AND JENNIFER LEMBERG
Reality Bites: Buffy in the UPN Years
LYNNE Y. EDWARDS AND CARLY HAINES
Section 4: Seasons
(At Sixes and Sevens)
"Just a Family Legend": The Hidden Logic of Buffy's "Chosen Family"
AGNES B. CURRY AND JOSEF VELAZQUEZ
Yeats's Entropic Gyre and Season
ELIZABETH L. RAMBO
Season Six and the Supreme Ordeal
PAUL HAWKINS
Kiss Kiss, Stake Stake: Storytelling and the Philosophical Pleasures of Season Seven
JAMES B. SOUTH
Appendix: Episode Guides for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel
About the Contributors
Index
