Overview

Few could have predicted the enduring affection inspired by Joss Whedon’s television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. With its origins in a script Whedon wrote for a 1992 feature film of the same name, the series far outpaced its source material, gathering a devoted audience that remains loyal to the show more than a decade after it left the airwaves. Heralded for its use of smart, funny, and emotionally resonant narrative; subversive and feminist characterizations; and unique approaches to television as an art form, the show quickly developed its own unique fan community, who built on existing narratives through fan fiction, media manipulation, and performance. Fan Phenomena: Buffy the Vampire Slayer explores how this continued devotion is internalized, celebrated, and critiqued. Featuring interviews with culture makers, academics, and creators of participatory fandom, the essays here are a window into the more personal and communal aspects of the fan experience. Essays from critical thinkers and scholars address how Buffy inspires the creation of, among other enduring artifacts of fandom, fan fiction, crafting, performance, cosplay, and sing-alongs. As an accessible yet vigorous examination of a beloved character and her world, Fan Phenomena: Buffy the Vampire Slayer provokes a larger conversation about the relationship between cult properties and fandom, and how their interplay permeates the cultural consciousness, in effect contributing to culture through new narrative, academia, language, and political activism.

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Author:   Jennifer K. Stuller
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.277kg
ISBN:  

9781783200191

ISBN 10:   1783200197
Pages:   164
Publication Date:   15 August 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction – Jennifer K. Stuller The Best, Worst, Known, and Not-So-Known, Pop Culture Influences on the Buffyverse – Jennifer K. Stuller 'Let's Watch a Girl': Whedon, Buffy, and Fans in Action – Tanya R. Cochran Ficcers and Shippers: A Love Story – Mary Kirby-Diaz Interview – Nicki Stafford: Organising The Great Buffy Rewatch of 2011 Buffyspeak: The Internal and External Impact of Slayer Slang – Liz Medendorp 'Welcome to the Hellmouth': Harnessing the Power of Fandom in the Classroom – Amy Peloff and David Boarder Giles Interview – Rhonda Wilcox: The 'Mother' of Buffy Studies Buffy, Dark Romance and Female Horror Fans – Lorna Jowett Seeing Green: Willow and Tara Forever – Kristen Julia Anderson The Art of Buffy Crafts – Nikki Faith Fuller Interview – Clinton McClung: Founder of the touring 'Once More With Feeling' interactive event Buffyverse Fandom as Religion – Anthony R. Mills Interview – Scott Allie: Writer, and Senior Managing Editor at Dark Horse Comics Unlimited Potentials – David Bushman and Arthur Smith  

Reviews

This book is for all the Buffy fans new and old who are asking themselves where do we go from here ? Fan Phenomena: Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a celebration, a geek freak out, a fun pontification on what it means to continue to be inspired by this cheeky, kick-ass pop culture icon. --Jo Jo Stiletto Producer Whedonesque Burlesque

This book is for all the Buffy fans new and old who are asking themselves where do we go from here ? Fan Phenomena: Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a celebration, a geek freak out, a fun pontification on what it means to continue to be inspired by this cheeky, kick-ass pop culture icon. --Jo Jo Stiletto Producer Whedonesque Burlesque

Author Information

Jennifer K. Stuller is a writer, author, scholar, media critic, and feminist pop culture historian.

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