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Televised morality : the case of Buffy the vampire slayer / Gregory Stevenson.

Title
Televised morality : the case of Buffy the vampire slayer / Gregory Stevenson.
Author
Stevenson, Gregory, 1966-
Publication
Dallas : Hamilton Books, c2003.

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Description
xv, 299 p.; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Buffy, the vampire slayer (Television program) > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Teen television programs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-289) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Ch. 1. Taking Buffy seriously -- Ch. 2. The moral battleground -- Ch. 3. Storytellers -- Ch. 4. Buffy's story -- Ch. 5. Buffy's world -- Ch. 6. Human nature -- Ch. 7. Identity and the quest for self -- Ch. 8. A tale of two slayers : identity, sacrifice, and salvation -- Ch. 9. Systems of power : technology, magic, and institutional authority -- Ch. 10. Together or alone? : the dynamics of community and family -- Ch. 11. The end as moral guidepost -- Ch. 12. morals and consequences -- Ch. 13. Sexuality -- Ch. 14. Violence and vengeance -- Ch. 15. Guilt and forgiveness -- Ch. 16. The vampire, the witch, and warlock : patterns of redemption -- Conclusion : Buffy and moral discourse.
ISBN
0761828338
LCCN
^^2003116659
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library