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For and Against the Law:‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’, ‘Angel’ and the Academy
Entertainment and Sports Law Journal, 2016 In this article I will first argue that the two television series ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ (hereafter BtVS) and its spinoff series ‘Angel’ both contain an account of the place of law and legal institutions in society.
Anthony Bradney
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, 2019 The American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (“BtVS”, 1997-2003) has been the subject of extensive literary analysis, largely due to its use of demon-slaying as a metaphor for real-life conflict. Interestingly, exploring these themes throughout 100+ hours of television has also produced a large set of observational data that gives insight ...
Julian Freedland
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Dead,White, Male: Irishness in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel
The Irish in Us, 2020 G. Meaney
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Magic and Spells in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)
M/C Journal, 2023 Introduction Many examinations of magic and witchcraft in film and television focus on the gender dynamics depicted and what these can reveal about attitudes to women and power in the eras in which they were made.
Louise Child
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The Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 56, Issue 5-6, Page 810-823, October/December 2023., 2023 Abstract “Bury Your Gays” is the popular name used to describe the common television trope in which characters who are ostensibly gender‐ or sexually‐diverse are denied happy endings or “killed off”. Widespread online commentary among audiences reacting to incidents of “Bury Your Gays” are indicative of a public concern over the repetitiveness of this ...
Rob Cover, Cassandra Milne
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Mirrors, Windows, and Feminist Threshold Imagery in Grimm (Through Buffy-Tinted Glass) [PDF]
Slayage, 2023 Grimm and Buffy the Vampire Slayer have significant connections not only in terms of fictional content and production but also visual imagery. Threshold imagery develops both Buffy and Juliette, who goes from being a woman behind glass to a witch who ...
Wilcox, Rhonda V.
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Variety within Bigotry: From Individual to Systemic Monsterism in Buffy the Vampire Slayer [PDF]
Slayage, 2023 Scholars debate and categorize varieties of bigotry in terms of responsibility, whether individual, institutional, structural, systematic, or systemic. Using the distance of fantasy narrative and “monsterism” in specific cases in Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
Rocha, James, Rocha, Mona
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Television vampire fandom and religion
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2013 Popular culture and fandom provide a setting where people can reflect on the questions of life. A television show defines for many of its fans what it means to be human.
Minja Blom
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Sympathetic Vampires and Zombies with Brains: The Modern Monster as a Master of Self‐Control
, 2021 The Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 54, Issue 3, Page 594-612, June 2021.
Irina M. Erman
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The Heroine and the Meme: Participating in Feminist Discourses Online
Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, 2016 This article examines the relationship between feminist participatory culture and online ativism. I argue that Internet users participate in feminist discourses online by creating memes that present popular fictional female heroes such as Katniss ...
Svenja Hohenstein
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