Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Superheroine, but not in Serbia Cover Image

Bafi ubica vampira: superheroina, ali ne u Srbiji
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Superheroine, but not in Serbia

Author(s): Ljiljana Gavrilović
Subject(s): Anthropology, Media studies, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Београду
Keywords: Buffy the Vampire Slayer; TV series; vampire; fear; culture; Serbia;

Summary/Abstract: This paper discusses the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, more specifically, its enormous popularity in the United States, Western Europe and Australia, and the absence of any reaction to the series in Serbia. By comparing themes regarded as important in western societies to the current situation in Serbia, the analysis shows that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a series that could not have gained popularity in Serbia because it uses the language of fantasy to speak about reality and pose unpleasant questions, which the Serbian public does not wish to hear.

  • Issue Year: 6/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 413-428
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian