Slaying is Hell - Essays on Trauma and Memory in the Whedonverse (Paperback)

The films, television shows and graphic novel series that comprise the Whedonverse continually show that there is a high price to be paid for love, rebellion, heroism, anger, death, betrayal, friendship and saving the world. This collection of essays reveals the ways in which the Whedonverse treats the trauma of ordinary life with similar gravitas as trauma created by the supernatural, illustrating how memories are lost, transformed, utilized, celebrated, revered, questioned, feared and rebuffed within the storyworlds created by Joss Whedon and his collaborators. Through a variety of approaches and examinations, the essays in this book seek to understand how the themes of trauma, memory, and identity enrich one another in the Whedonverse and beyond. As the authors present different arguments and focus on various texts, the essays work to build a mosaic of the trauma found in beloved works like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse and more. The book concludes with a meta-analysis that explores the allegations of various traumas made against Joss Whedon himself.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Worlds of Whedon
Release date:	November 2022
Editors:	Alyson R. Buckman • Juliette C Kitchens • Katherine A. Troyer
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	277
ISBN-13:	978-1-4766-8216-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Television Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > Memory
LSN:	1-4766-8216-X
Barcode:	9781476682167

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