Sex and the Slayer A Gender Studies Primer for the Buffy Fan

Name: Sex and the Slayer A Gender Studies Primer for the Buffy Fan
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ISBN: 9780819567581

ISBN-10: 0819567582

ISBN-13: 9780819567581

Edition: 2005

Authors: Lorna Jowett

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During its seven-year run, Buffy the Vampire Slayer attracted a wide range of viewers and almost unprecedented academic interest. Sex and the Slayer explores one of the most talked-about topics in relation to this pioneering TV series--gender. As fantasy, Buffy potentially opens up a space for alternative representations of gender. But how alternative can popular television be? Taking a feminist cultural studies approach, Jowett explores the ways in which the series represents femininity, masculinity, and gendered relations, including sexuality and sexual orientation. Written for undergraduates, Sex and the Slayer provides an introduction to the most important theoretical and historical…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Publication date: 4/15/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 254
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.22" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Girl Power



Good Girls



Bad Girls



Tough Guys



New Men



Dead Boys



Parental Issues


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index