Joss Whedon versus the corporation
Subtitle: big business critiqued in the films and television programs
By: Erin Giannini
Series: Worlds of Whedon
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781476667768
Subjects: Corporate culture on television; Corporate culture in motion pictures; Criticism and interpretation
Other titles: Joss Whedon vs. the corporation :
Description: "Screenwriter, director, producer and comic book author Joss Whedon is best known for his television series and films. Within these works is a prevalent yet commonly overlooked theme--the corporate antagonist. This book examines the effects of this corporate culture on the protagonists of Whedon's most famous works to reveal explicit sociopolitical commentaries on corporate control"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-199), filmography, and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. The scariest monsters of all : corporate culture in the works of Joss Whedon; title: Antagonists, complicity and insidious movements : an overview of corporate culture in the works of Joss Whedon. "Evil white folks really do have a mecca" : the corporate antagonist in Angel and firefly; title: A stranger comes to a (small) town : Buffy, Roseanne and the long reach of corporate culture; title: Who owns the show? The Avengers, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Marvel vs. Mutant enemy; title: In the belly of the beast : Dollhouse, The cabin in the woods and Dr. Horrible's sing-along blog; title: Subverting tropes, corporations and media : a Dollhouse case study. "That is their business, but that is not their purpose" : Dollhouse as a subversive text; title: Curiosity or arrogance? Dollhouse and Whedon's troubled relationship with corporate-sponsored technology; title: "We're pimps and killers, but in a philanthropic way" : interrogating corporate and governmental politics; title: "Call us what you want, just not family" : undermining Whedon tropes in the Dollhouse; title: Conclusion. Whedon as corporate critique, or can tv can change the world?.