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Joss Whedon Battles Horror Tropes in Buffy and Beyond by Lorna Jowett 2020 Trade Paperback

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Joss Whedon Battles Horror Tropes in Buffy and Beyond by Lorna Jowett 2020 Trade Paperback

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About this Item The item is a book paperback or softback The Author Name is Woofter, Kristopher Karl,Jowett, Lorna The Title is Joss Whedon vs. the Horror Tradition: The Production of Genre in Buffy a...

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Specifics

Author

Lorna Jowett
Dewey Decimal

791.456164
Dewey Edition

23
Format

Trade Paperback
ISBN-10

1350201227
ISBN-13

9781350201224
Illustrated

Yes
Intended Audience

College Audience
Item Height

0.7 in
Item Length

8.5 in
Item Weight

14.1 Oz
Item Width

5.5 in
LC Classification Number

PN1992.8.H67
Language

English
Number of Pages

344 Pages
Publication Name

Joss Whedon Vs. the Horror Tradition : the Production of Genre in Buffy and Beyond
Publication Year

2020
Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing
Reviews

Exposes both his deep affection for the horror genre and the complexity of the horror genre itself ... Provides a solid addition to study of the horror genre on both television and film, and in popular culture more generally., "Exposes both his deep affection for the horror genre and the complexity of the horror genre itself ... Provides a solid addition to study of the horror genre on both television and film, and in popular culture more generally." -- Critical Studies in Television, This book will fascinate horror scholars and television scholars alike. The analyses are text-specific yet thoughtfully grounded in the context of the horror tradition. The writers are original and insightful., Joss Whedon vs. the Horror Tradition takes nothing for granted, appealing to fans of both the creator and the genre. Scholarly yet accessible, it should be pop-culture required reading.
Subject

Television / Genres / Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror, Television / History & Criticism, Film / History & Criticism
Subject Area

Performing Arts
Synopsis

Although ostensibly presented as "light entertainment," the work of writer-director-producer Joss Whedon takes much dark inspiration from the horror genre to create a unique aesthetic and perform a cultural critique. Featuring monsters, the undead, as well as drawing upon folklore and fairy tales, his many productions both celebrate and masterfully repurpose the traditions of horror for their own means. Woofter and Jowett's collection looks at how Whedon revisits existing feminist tropes in the '70s and '80s "slasher" craze via Buffy the Vampire Slayer to create a feminist saga; the innovative use of silent cinema tropes to produce a new fear-laden, film-television intertext; postmodernist reflexivity in Cabin in the Woods ; as well as exploring new concepts on "cosmic dread" and the sublime for a richer understanding of programmes Dollhouse and Firefly . Chapters provide the historical context of horror as well as the particular production backgrounds that by turns support, constrain or transform this mode of filmmaking. Informed by a wide range of theory from within philosophy, film studies, queer studies, psychoanalysis, feminism and other fields, the expert contributions to this volume prove the enduring relevance of Whedon's genre-based universe to the study of film, television, popular culture and beyond.
Table Of Content

List of Illustrations x Acknowledgments xii Introduction Whedon Studies and the Ghost of Horror 1 Kristopher Karl Woofter and Lorna Jowett Part I (Under)Groundwork: Horror Concepts and Conventions in the Whedonverse 1 The Slasher Template: Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. John Carpenter's Halloween 17 Clayton Dillard 2 The Sonic Horror of "Hush" 34 Selma A. Purac 3 "The Body" That Will Not Sit Up: Shock, Stasis, and the Negative Space of the Horror Genre 53 Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare 4 The Melancholy Musical: Horror and Avant-Garde Strategies in "Once More, with Feeling" 73 Anne Golden 5 Angel's Dreams, Our Nightmares: Oneiric Horror in Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer 92 Cynthia Burkhead 6 Dollhouse's Terrible Places: Hauntings, Abjection, and the Repressed 105 Bronwen Calvert 7 Inscription and Subversion: The Cabin in the Woods and the Postmodern Horror Tradition 123 Stephanie Graves Part II Mutant Enemies: TV Horror, Industry, and Influence 8 "For All I Know, It Could Be Hilarious or It Could Suck": Situating the Film Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) in Period Vampire Comedy 143 Jerry D. Metz Jr. 9 Monstrous Puppet Masters: Negotiating Violence and Horror in the Whedon Tele-verse 163 Stacey Abbott 10 Forever Knight, Angel, and Supernatural: A Genealogy of Television Horror/Crime Hybrids 181 Erin Giannini Part III "It's About Power": Revisiting Whedon's "Revisionist" Horror 11 Whedon, Feminism, and the Possibility of Feminist Horror on Television 201 Lorna Jowett 12 Weird Whedon: Cosmic Dread and Sublime Alterity in the Whedonverse 219 Kristopher Karl Woofter 13 "All the Better to Know You": Investigating the Hybrid Monster and Allegories of Self/Other in Buffy the Vampire Slayer 243 K. Brenna Wardell 14 Horror and the Last Frontier: Monstrous Borders and Bodies in Firefly and Westworld 261 Karen Herland 15 The Half-Lives of Horror: The Differential Embodiments of Dollhouse 281 Alanna Thain Appendix I The Work of Joss Whedon and the Horror Tradition: A Selected Bibliography 298 Compiled by Alysa Hornick Appendix II Foundational Works in Horror and Related Scholarship 308 About the Contributors 313 Index 317
Type

Textbook
brand

Bloomsbury Publishing
gtin13

9781350201224

Reviews

  1. Steve Zimmerman

    A must-read for Buffy fans and horror enthusiasts! This book dives deep into how Joss Whedon reshaped horror tropes in Buffy and beyond. Well-researched and engaging, it offers fresh insights while staying accessible. The writing is sharp, and the analysis is thought-provoking—whether you're a scholar or just love the show. Packed with smart observations about genre storytelling. Highly recommended!