Investigating Veronica Mars

Rhonda V. Wilcox is a professor emeritus at Gordon State College in Georgia. For ten years she was the editor of Studies in Popular Culture. She is cofounder and editor of Slayage and is the author of previous books on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and other series. She lives in Decatur, Georgia. Sue Turnbull is the chair of Communication and Media Studies at the University of Wollongong in Australia. She has published broadly in the fields of media education, audience studies and television, with particular attention to the representation of crime in popular culture.

“A fine group of essays... This is a model for what TV studies should be like, both in its focus on the subject and for the case it makes for the excellence of this particular series. ... valuable”—Pop Matters

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Introduction. Canonical Veronica: Veronica Mars and Vintage TelevisionRHONDA V. WILCOX and SUE TURNBULL      1. Rob Thomas and Television CreativityDAVID LAVERY      2. Performing Veronica MarsSUE TURNBULL      3. So Cal Pietà: Veronica Mars, Logan Echolls, and the Search for the MotherRHONDA V. WILCOX      4. “Who’s Your Daddy?”: Issues of FatherhoodSARAH A. LEAVITT and LEWIS A. LEAVITT      5. Family Matters: Antigone, Veronica, and the Classical Greek ParadigmSTAN BEELER      6. Rethinking “The Getting Even Part”: Feminist Anger and Vigilante Justice in a Post-9/11 AmericaTAMY BURNETT and MELISSA TOWNSEND      7. “Get My Revenge On”: The Anti- Hero’s JourneyPAUL ZINDER      8. This Teen Sleuth’s Tricks Aren’t Just for Kids: Connecting with an Intergenerational AudienceLISA EMMERTON      9. “We Used to Be Friends”: Breaking up with America’s SweetheartSOPHIE MAYER      10. “No Longer That Girl”: Rape Narrative and Meaning in Veronica MarsSARAH WHITNEY      11. Neptune (Non-)Consensual: The Risky Business of Television Fandom, Falling in Love, and Playing the VictimTANYA R. COCHRAN      Episode Credits      Cast Credits      Contributors      Index