Research Catalog

Title

Slaying is hell : essays on trauma and memory in the Whedonverse / edited by Alyson R. Buckman, Juliette C. Kitchens, and Katherine A. Troyer.

Publication

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2023]

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Additional Authors

• Buckman, Alyson R.
• Kitchens, Juliette C., 1976-
• Troyer, Katherine A., 1984-

Description

viii, 188 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"The films, television shows and graphic novel series that comprise the Whedonverse continually show that there is a high price to be paid for love, rebellion, heroism, anger, death, betrayal, friendship and saving the world. This collection of essays reveals the ways in which the Whedonverse treats the trauma of ordinary life with similar gravitas as trauma created by the supernatural, illustrating how memories are lost, transformed, utilized, celebrated, revered, questioned, feared and rebuffed within the storyworlds created by Joss Whedon and his collaborators. Through a variety of approaches and examinations, the essays in this book seek to understand how the themes of trauma, memory, and identity enrich one another in the Whedonverse and beyond. As the authors present different arguments and focus on various texts, the essays work to build a mosaic of the trauma found in beloved works like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse and more. The book concludes with a meta-analysis that explores the allegations of various traumas made against Joss Whedon himself"--

Series Statement

Worlds of Whedon

Subject

• Whedon, Joss, 1964- > Criticism and interpretation
• Whedon, Joss, 1964-
• Fantasy television programs > United States > History and criticism
• Science fiction television programs > United States > History and criticism
• Psychic trauma > On television
• Memory on television
• Criticism and interpretation
• Fantasy television programs
• Science fiction television programs
• Psychic trauma
• United States

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: Welcome to the Hellmouth : Trauma and Memory in the Whedonverse / Katherine A. Troyer -- "That has nothing to do with today" : The Whedonverse and the Dangers of Rewriting Historical Memory / Erin Giannini -- Unwanted Memories: When Heroines Choose Trauma Over Amnesia / Valerie Estelle Frankel -- Restless Death: Memory and Transmedial Bodies in the Buffyverse / Juliette C. Kitchens -- Dismembering(the) Buffybot / Madeline Muntersbjorn -- "Better" : Trauma, Romantic Attachment, and the Victor/Sierra Arc in Dollhouse / Renee St. Louis -- "Now you don't have to use this color anymore": Art Therapy in Dollhouse and Orphan Black / Janet Brennan Croft -- Such Pretty Things: Madness in the Whedonverse / Catherine Pugh -- Conclusion: "We had our own Hellmouth" : The Allegations Against Joss Whedon / Alyson R. Buckman.

Call Number

MWES (Whedon, J.) 23-732

ISBN

• 9781476682167
• 147668216X

LCCN

2022052170

OCLC

1338662071

Title

Slaying is hell : essays on trauma and memory in the Whedonverse / edited by Alyson R. Buckman, Juliette C. Kitchens, and Katherine A. Troyer.

Publisher

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2023]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Worlds of Whedon

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Buckman, Alyson R., editor.

Kitchens, Juliette C., 1976- editor.

Troyer, Katherine A., 1984- editor.

Research Call Number

MWES (Whedon, J.) 23-732