"How do you like my darkness now?": women, violence, and the good "bad girl" in 'Buffy, the Vampire Slayer [PDF]
The representations of violent women in Joss Whedon's 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' (1997-2003) and the development of this trope compare intriguingly with Charlotte Dacre's early nineteenth-century protagonist in 'Zofloya; or, The Moor' (1806).
Kramer, Kaley
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From the Valley to the Hellmouth: “Buffy”’s Transition from Film to Television [PDF]
The Buffy who fights demons on television in Sunnydale is a far cry from the Buffy who fought vampires on the big screen in the early nineties. In the transition from film to television, Buffy has mutated from a bubbly Valley girl into a feminist heroine
Gabrielle Moss
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Neoliberal Eugenics in Joss Whedon's Dollhouse (2009-2010)
In this paper, Joss Whedon’s science fiction series Dollhouse (2009-2010) is argued to contain an implicit exploration of the taboo around “neoliberal eugenics,” afforded by its genre-specific use of speculative technologies, and to therefore serve as a reflection of and addition to public discourse concerning the ethical dangers of free market genetic
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How to be a woman. Models of masochism and sacrifice in young adult fiction [PDF]
Buffy, Bella, Veronica, Katniss, Clary, Tris and Saba : For two decades post-feminist heroines have faced life-threatening trials as part of their progress to womanhood.
Jarvis, Christine
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What Is It That Fanfiction Opposes?
The article challenges the models of resistance that are generally used as the primary way to understand the work of fandom. Instead, the article ponders the way in which the textual conventions and structures of fanfiction writing are connected with ...
Hanna-Riikka Roine
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Progression of the Representation of Female Protagonists in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Genres [PDF]
Broadcast television has been plagued by the misrepresentation and absence of progressive female protagonists. Contemporary television programs have begun to address issues of diversity and empowerment, but it is questionable whether substantial strides ...
Becker, Dakota S
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La hibridación de genéros en las series de lo extraordinario de la era hipertelevisiva [PDF]
La televisión es la forma hegemónica de comunicación del siglo XX, además de un agente social decisivo en la formación de nuestro imaginario colectivo. Su gran aceptación popular y su enorme adaptabilidad auguran su supervivencia incluso en el convulso ...
Raya Bravo, Irene
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Prediksi Rating Film Menggunakan Metode Naive Bayes [PDF]
Pada saat ini perkembangan dunia perfilman sudah sangat pesat, contohnya dengan banyaknya film-film yang silih berganti untuk ditayangkan, Para penikmat film juga membutuhkan film-film yang mempunyai kualitas gambar, suara, alur cerita dan nilai positif ...
Nugroho, Y. S. (Yusuf) +1 more
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Los modelos actuales de heroína en la ficción televisiva norteamericana de contenido maravilloso. Análisis de casos: Buffy Summers, Kara Thrace y Sookie Stackhouse [PDF]
Las series de televisión norteamericanas del nu evo milenio se han c onvertido en un importante reflejo del reciente panorama social occidental. Se ha entrado en la llamada era hipertelevisiva , que ha propiciado el desarrollo de tramas y per ...
Raya Bravo, Irene
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Abusing text in the Roman and contemporary worlds [PDF]
In this comparison of portraits of authorial anxiety, I focus on contemporary attitudes to fan fiction and on discussions of authors in Imperial Rome (notably Galen and Martial) to consider the assumptions of textuality that frame imagined textual abuse.
Middleton, Francesca
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