Why Buffy Matters

Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a 2005 academic publication relating to the fictional Buffyverse established by TV series, Buffy and Angel.

Why Buffy Matters
AuthorRhonda Wilcox
SubjectBuffyverse
Genreacademic publication, Media Study
PublisherI. B. Tauris
Publication date
October 13, 2005
Pages256
ISBN1-84511-029-3
OCLC60513984

Book description

Rhonda Wilcox, (an editor of Slayage: the online journal) presents an argument for Buffy as an art form as worthy of respect and acknowledgment as film or literature. She highlights depth of characters and symbolism in the show.

The start of the book deals with everything from the significance of the characters' names in relation to their identities to parallels between Buffy and the Harry Potter saga, while the last half of the book offers analyses of seven of Buffy's episodes. ("Surprise", "Innocence", "The Zeppo", "Hush", "Restless", "The Body", and "Once More, with Feeling".)

Contents

ChapterTitle
01
"There Will Never Be a 'Very Special' Buffy: Symbol and Language"
02
"Pain as Bright as Steel: Mythic Striving and Light as Pain"
03
"I Think I Can Name Myself: Naming and Identity in BtVS"
04
"When Harry Met Buffy: Buffy Summers, Harry Potter, and Heroism"
05
"Every Night I Save You: Buffy, Spike, Sex and Redemption"
06
"Show Me Your World: Exiting the Text and the Globalization of Buffy"
07
"Love and Loss: It's Not Over - Time, Love, and Loss in 'Surprise'/'Innocence'"
08
"Laughter: Xander, Laughter, and 'The Zeppo'"
09
"Fear: Power, Silence and Fear in 'Hush'"
10
"Poetry: T.S. Eliot Comes to Television: 'Restless'"
11
"Death: Quality TV and the Supernatural in 'The Body'"
12
"Song: Once, More with Textual Feeling"
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