Buffy and Angel conquer the internet
Subtitle: essays on online fandom
By: edited by Mary Kirby-Diaz.
Contributors: Kirby-Diaz, Mary, 1945-
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780786442058
Subjects: Buffy, the vampire slayer (Television program); Television programs -- Electronic discussion groups; Television programs -- Social aspects -- United States; Television programs -- Psychological aspects -- United States; Fans (Persons) -- United States
Description: "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. Ten essays analyze the sociology and psychology of the fan community and how it uses the Internet to share its passion"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fandoms as communities. I've got a little list, or, "you guys wanna team up and take over Sunnydale U?" / Elizabeth L. Rambo; title: Buffy, Angel, and the creation of virtual communities / Mary Kirby-Diaz; title: Sociological perspectives on fandoms. Rl on lj: fandom and the presentation of self in online life / Rebecca Bley; title: So, what's the story? story-oriented and series-oriented fans: a complex of behaviors / Mary Kirby-Diaz; title: The Bronze Age: 1997-2001. In the world, but not of It: an ethnographic analysis of an online Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan community / Asim Ali; title: Community, language, and postmodernism at the mouth of hell / Asim Ali; title: Participatory communities and the production of culture. "Fake it till you make it": understanding media addiction in Buffy the Vampire Slayer / David Kociemba; title: The problematic definition of "fan": a survey of fannish involvement in the Buffyverse / Claudia Rebaza; title: "Easy to associate angsty lyrics with Buffy": an introduction to a participatory fan culture: Buffy the Vampire Slayer vidders, popular music and the Internet / Kathryn Hill.