Fighting the Forces
2002 academic book relating to the fictional Buffyverse
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::summary 2002 academic book relating to the fictional Buffyverse ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Fighting The Forces |
| image | File:Fighting_the_Forces.jpg |
| author | Various |
| editor | Rhonda V. Wilcox |
| David Lavery | |
| subject | Buffyverse |
| genre | academic publication, Media Study |
| publisher | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. |
| release_date | April 2002 |
| pages | 320 |
| isbn | 0-7425-1681-4 |
| dewey | 791.45/72 21 |
| congress | PN1992.77.B84 F54 2002 |
| oclc | 47443883 |
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| name = Fighting The Forces | image = File:Fighting_the_Forces.jpg | image_size = | author = Various | editor = Rhonda V. Wilcox David Lavery | cover_artist = | subject = Buffyverse | genre = academic publication, Media Study | publisher = Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. | release_date = April 2002 | media_type = | pages = 320 | isbn = 0-7425-1681-4 | dewey = 791.45/72 21 | congress = PN1992.77.B84 F54 2002 | oclc = 47443883 | preceded_by = | followed_by = 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
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
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).
::data[format=table] | Chapter || Title || Author | |---| | Foreword | | Intro | | 01 | | 02 | | 03 | | 04 | | 05 | | 06 | | 07 | | 08 | | 09 | | 10 | | 11 | | 12 | | 13 | | 14 | | 15 | | 16 | | 17 | | 18 | | 19 | | 20 | | Afterword | ::
Critical reception
The book was reviewed by Dorothy Kuykendal in Extrapolation, Sabrina P. Ramet in The Journal of Popular Culture, Shannon Rupp in Ottawa Citizen, Nicholas Birns in Science Fiction Studies, Fiona Kelleghan in the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, and Deborah Netburn in The New York Observer.
References
References
- Kuykendal, Dorothy. (2002). "Fighting the forces: What's at stake in buffy the vampire slayer". [[Extrapolation (journal).
- Ramet, Sabrina P.. (2006). "Fighting the forces: What's at stake in buffy the vampire slayer". [[The Journal of Popular Culture]].
- Rupp, Shannon. (December 15, 2002). "Buffy 101: Academics accept killer assignment: Consider the vampire slayer in 2002". [[Ottawa Citizen]].
- Birns, Nicholas. (2003). "Pop Demonic: Review of Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer". [[Science Fiction Studies]].
- Kelleghan, Fiona. (2004). "Review of Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer". [[Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts]].
- Netburn, Deborah. (March 25, 2002). "Media Studies Does Buffy, And Buffy, as Always, Prevails". [[The New York Observer]].
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