Buffy Goes Dark

Lynne Y. Edwards is associate professor of media and communication studies at Ursinus College. Elizabeth L. Rambo is associate professor of English at Campbell University. James B. South is associate professor and chair of the philosophy department at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

• Table of ContentsForeword by David Lavery      Preface: At Sixes and Sevens in Sunnydale      Section 1. Auteurs(Writers, Directors, Producers)Marti Noxon: Buffy’s Other GeniusDAVID PERRY      Understanding the EspensodeDAVID KOCIEMBA      Section 2. Characters(Lovers, Fans and Heroes)Evil, Skanky, and Kinda Gay: Lesbian Images and IssuesALISSA WILTS      “It’s complicated ... because of Tara”: History, Identity Politics, and the Straight White Male AuthorBRANDY RYAN      The Candide of Sunnydale: Andrew Wells as Satire of Pop Culture and Marketing TrendsIRA SHULL AND ANNE SHULL      Section 3. Story(Flesh, Style and Purpose)Buffy and the Death of StyleMICHAEL ADAMS      “Set on This Earth Like a Bubble”: Word as Flesh in the Dark SeasonsRHONDA V. WILCOX      Bodies and Narrative in Crisis: Figures of Rupture and Chaos in Seasons Six and Seven GREGORY ERICKSON AND JENNIFER LEMBERG      Reality Bites: Buffy in the UPN YearsLYNNE Y. EDWARDS AND CARLY HAINES      Section 4: Seasons(At Sixes and Sevens)“Just a Family Legend”: The Hidden Logic of Buffy’s “Chosen Family”AGNES B. CURRY AND JOSEF VELAZQUEZ      Yeats’s Entropic Gyre and SeasonELIZABETH L. RAMBO      Season Six and the Supreme OrdealPAUL HAWKINS      Kiss Kiss, Stake Stake: Storytelling and the Philosophical Pleasures of Season SevenJAMES B. SOUTH      Appendix: Episode Guides for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel      About the ContributorsIndex