Fighting the Forces

2002 academic book relating to the fictional Buffyverse

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Fighting The Forces

Editor| Rhonda V. Wilcox
David Lavery
Author| Various
Subject| Buffyverse
Genre| academic publication, Media Study
Publisher| Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

Publication date

| April 2002
Pages| 320
ISBN| 0-7425-1681-4
OCLC| 47443883

Dewey Decimal

| 791.45/72 21
LC Class| PN1992.77.B84 F54 2002

Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a 2002 academic publication relating to the fictional Buffyverse established by TV series, Buffy and Angel.

## Book description

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The book looks at the struggle to examine meaning in the television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series is examined from a variety of viewpoints, and especially the social and cultural issues dealt with by the series and their place in a wider literary context.

## Contents

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The chapters are grouped as follows:

* Part 1: Forces of Society and Culture: Gender, Generations, Violence, Class, Race and Religion (Chapters 1–10).
* Part 2: Forces of Art and Imagination (Past): Vampires, Magic, and Monsters (Chapters 11–16).
* Part 3: Forces of Art and Imagination (Present): Fan Relationships, Metaphoric and Real (Chapters 17–20).

Chapter | Title | Author

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Foreword | The Color of Dark in Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Camille Bacon-Smith
Intro | Introduction | Rhonda V. Wilcox and David Lavery
01 | "Who Died and Made Her the Boss?" Patterns of Mortality in Buffy | Rhonda V. Wilcox
02 | "My Emotions Give Me Power": The Containment of Girls' Anger in Buffy | Elyce Rae Helford
03 | "I'm Buffy and You're ... History": The Postmodern Politics of Buffy | Patricia Pender
04 | Surpassing the Love of Vampires; or, Why (and How) a Queer Reading of the Buffy/Willow Relationship is Denied | Farah Mendlesohn
05 | Choosing Your Own Mother: Mother-Daughter Conflicts in Buffy | J. P. Williams
06 | Staking in Tongues: Speech Act as Weapon in Buffy | Karen Eileen Overbey and Lahney Preston-Matto
07 | Slaying in Black and White: Kendra as Tragic Mulatta in Buffy | Lynne Edwards
08 | The Undemonization of Supporting Characters in Buffy | Mary Alice Money
09 | "Sometimes You Need a Story": American Christianity, Vampures, and Buffy | Gregory Erickson
10 | Darkness Falls on the Endless Summer: Buffy as Gidget for the Fin de Siècle | Catherine Siemann
11 | Of Creatures and Creators: Buffy Does Frankenstein | Anita Rose
12 | Sex and the Single Vampire: The Evolution of the Vampire Lothario and Its Representation in Buffy | Diane DeKelb-Rittenhouse
13 | "Digging the Undead": Death and Desire in Buffy | Elisabeth Krimmer and Shilpa Raval
14 | Spirit Guides and Shadow Selves: From the Dream Life of Buffy (and Faith) | Donald Keller
15 | Hubble-Bubble, Herbs and Grimoires: Magic, Manichaeanism, and Witchcraft in Buffy | Tanya Krzywinska
16 | Whose Side Are You on, Anyway? Children, Adults, and the Use of Fairy Tales in Buffy | Sarah E. Skwire
17 | Crossing the Final Taboo: Family, Sexuality, and Incest in Buffyverse Fan Fiction | Kristina Busse
18 | "My Boyfriend's in the Band!" Buffy and the Rhetoric of Music | S. Renee Dechert
19 | Buffy’s Mary Sue is Jonathan: Buffy Acknowledges the Fans | Justine Larbalestier
20 | www.buffy.com: Cliques, Boundaries, and Hierarchies in an Internet Community | Amanda Zweerink and Sarah N. Gatson
Afterword | The Genius of Joss Whedon | David Lavery

## Critical reception

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The book was reviewed by Dorothy Kuykendal in Extrapolation,[1] Sabrina P. Ramet in The Journal of Popular Culture,[2] Shannon Rupp in Ottawa Citizen,[3] Nicholas Birns in Science Fiction Studies,[4] Fiona Kelleghan in the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts,[5] and Deborah Netburn in The New York Observer.[6]

## References

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1. ^ Kuykendal, Dorothy (2002). "Fighting the forces: What's at stake in buffy the vampire slayer". Extrapolation. 43 (3): 352–354\. ISSN 0014-5483. ProQuest 234917053. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
2. ^ Ramet, Sabrina P. (2006). "Fighting the forces: What's at stake in buffy the vampire slayer". The Journal of Popular Culture. 39 (2): 338–340\. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5931.2006.00248.x.
3. ^ Rupp, Shannon (December 15, 2002). "Buffy 101: Academics accept killer assignment: Consider the vampire slayer in 2002". Ottawa Citizen. ProQuest 240609560. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
4. ^ Birns, Nicholas (2003). "Pop Demonic: Review of Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Science Fiction Studies. 30 (2): 313–315\. JSTOR 4241180. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
5. ^ Kelleghan, Fiona (2004). "Review of Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 15 (1 (57)): 73–79\. JSTOR 43308688. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
6. ^ Netburn, Deborah (March 25, 2002). "Media Studies Does Buffy, And Buffy, as Always, Prevails". The New York Observer. p. 26\. ProQuest 333516582. Retrieved March 23, 2024.

## External links

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* Cesnur.org – Review
* Phil-books.com – Review of this book
* Nika-summers.com – Review
* Slayage.tv – Review
* Extrapolation_Review – Review (pdf web page)

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* Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy
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