Investigating Veronica Mars
Subtitle: essays on the teen detective series
By: edited by Rhonda V. Wilcox and Sue Turnbull
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780786445349
Subjects: Veronica Mars (Television program)
Description: "Essays explore many aspects of the teen detective series, including Veronica Mars and vintage television; the search for the mother; fatherhood; how the show relates to the classical Greek paradigm; feminist anger and vigilante justice; the anti-hero's journey; the intergenerational audience; rape narrative and meaning; and television fandom, among others"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Canonical Veronica: Veronica Mars and vintage television / Rhonda V. Wilcox and Sue Turnbull; title: Rob Thomas and television creativity / David Lavery; title: Performing Veronica Mars / Sue Turnbull; title: So Cal Piete: Veronica Mars, Logan Echolls and the search for the mother / Rhonda V. Wilcox; title: "Who's your daddy?": issues of fatherhood / Sarah A. Leavitt and Lewis A. Leavitt; title: Family matters: Antigone, Veronica and the classical Greek paradigm / Stan Beeler; title: Rethinking "the getting even part": feminist anger and vigilante justice in a post-9/11 America / Tamy Burnett and Melissa Townsend; title: "Get my revenge on": the anti-hero's journey / Paul Zinder; title: This teen sleuth's tricks aren't just for kids: connecting with an intergenerational audience / Lisa Emmerton; title: "We used to be friends": breaking up with America's sweetheart / Sophie Mayer; title: "No longer that girl": rape narrative and meaning in Veronica Mars / Sarah Whitney; title: Neptune (non-)consensual: the risky business of television fandom, falling in love and playing the victim / Tanya R. Cochran; title: Episode credits; title: Cast credits; title: Contributors.