‘A VAMPIRE WITH A SOUL? HOW LAME IS THAT?’ AUTO-REFERENTIALITY IN BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
‘A VAMPIRE WITH A SOUL? HOW LAME IS THAT?’ AUTO-REFERENTIALITY IN BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Author(s): Bojana VujinSubject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: auto-referentiality; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; cult TV; involution; Postmodernism
Summary/Abstract: Joss Whedon’s cult TV-show Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) is a perfect example of postmodern media culture, where feminism, subversiveness and genre experimentation blend together with camp, drama and hero narrative. The paper will focus on the series’ auto-referentiality, attempting to determine the textual, subtextual and extratextual reasons behind it.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 25-33
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English