Title: Buffy conquers the academy : conference papers from the 2009/2010 Popular Culture/American Culture Associations /
Authors: Anyiwo, U. Melissa; Szatek, Karoline.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Buffy,; Buffy, the vampire slayer (Television program); Heroines on television.
Contents: Why does Buffy matter? / Amanda Hobson -- Buffy, Angel, and the complications of the soul: a collaborative perspective on the origin episodes / Dev Kumar Bose and Esther Liberman-Cuenca -- Patriarchy strikes back: power and perception in Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Nadine Farghaly -- A layered message of resistance: Buffy, violence, and the double bind / Mona Rocha -- What's at stake?: the use of simulacra to re(construct) identity in Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Cassie Hemstrom -- Brain vs. brawn: an examination of the use of intelligence and violence by the villains in Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- The rage of Willow: malefic witchcraft fantasy in Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Lisa M. Vetere -- "We're your arch-nemesises..ses": Buffy and the Trio: the americanization of a mythological motif -- Caleb, the First Evil, and "that most precious of all mankind": the notion of goodness / Bonnie Jett Adams -- I date dead people: Buffy, Bella, Sookie, and the lure of the dead boyfriend / Ruth Caillouet -- My first time: theological diversity, the rhetoric of conversion, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Michael Aaron Perry -- More than just a spin-off: the enduring allure of Angel / U. Melissa Anyiwo.