Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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

Title Why Buffy Matters

Author	Various. Edited by
Subject(s)	Buffyverse
Genre(s)	academic publication, Media Study
Publisher	I. B. Tauris
Released	October 13, 2005
Pages	256
Size and weight	8.6 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches / 11.52 ounces
ISBN	ISBN 1-84511-029-3

[edit] Book description

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

[edit] Contents

Chapter	Title
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 Golbalization 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 "

[edit] External links

• Phil-books.com - Review of this book

Buffyverse academic books

Buffyverse academic books in alphabetical order. The Aesthetics of Culture in BtVS | Bite Me | Blood Relations | BtVS and Philosophy | Buffy (BFI) | Fighting The Forces | Five Seasons of "Angel" | Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy | Reading Angel | Reading the Vampire Slayer | Seven Seasons of Buffy | Sex and the Slayer | Slayer Slang | Televised Morality | What Would Buffy Do? | Why Buffy Matters

Buffyverse & related topics
Main	Canon • Index Chronology: Pre-1900 • Modern • BS1 • BS2 • BS3 • BS4/AS1 • BS5/AS2 • BS6/AS3 • BS7/AS4 • AS5 • BS8/AS6 • Future • Flashbacks
Buffy	Characters (main) • Characters (minor) • Episodes • Plot • Quotes Comics • DVDs • Film • Novels • Pilot (unaired) • Season 8
Angel	Characters (main) • Characters (minor) • Episodes • Plot • Quotes Comics • Corrupt (unaired) • DVDs • Novels • Pitch tape • Season 6
Expanded Uni.	Comics • Fray • Novels • Slayer timeline • Tales of Slayer (prose) • Tales of Slayers • Tales of Vampires • Video Games New: Auld Lang.. • Asylum • Bad Bargain • Blackout • Dark Congress • Deathless • Go Ask Malice • Long Way Home • Masks • Portal.. • Shadow Puppets
Auxiliary	Academia • Cast & crew • Fan films • Rare promos • Unofficial parodies • Undeveloped productions Buffy Animated • Card Game • Guidebooks • Magazines • RPGs • Toys
Powers	Angel Investigations • Circle of the Black Thorn • Order of Aurelius • The First Evil • The Initiative • Monsters • Old Ones The Powers That Be • Ra-Tet • Scooby Gang • Senior Partners • Watchers' Council • Wolfram & Hart
People	Adam • Amy • Andrew • Angel • Anya • Buffy • Caleb • Connor • Cordelia • Darla • Dawn • Doyle • Drusilla • Eve • Faith • Fred • Giles • Glory • Gunn • Harmony • Holtz • Illyria • Jasmine • Jenny • Jonathan • Joyce • Kate • Kennedy • Lilah • Lindsey • Lorne • Master • Mayor • Oz • Prof. Walsh • Riley • Robin Wood • Spike • Tara • Warren • Wesley • Willow • Xander
Places	L.A. • Sunnydale Bronze • Buffy's residence • Caritas • Hellmouth • Hyperion • Library • Magic Box • Pylea • Sunnydale High
Music	Complete Tracklist • Use of Music in Buffy & Angel Buffy album • Dingoes Ate My Baby • Film • Radio Sunnydale • Live Fast, Die Never • Once More, with Feeling
Key Terminology	"Demon" • "Slayer" • "Vampire" • "Watcher" • "Werewolf" • "Witch" "Child of Senior Partners" • Shanshu • Sunnydale Syndrome • Tro-Clon