Joss Whedon and race : critical essays / edited by Mary Ellen Iatropoulos and Lowery A. Woodall III.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Iatropoulos, Mary Ellen, editor.

Woodall, Lowery A., III, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whedon, Joss, 1964---Criticism and interpretation.

Whedon, Joss.

Whedon, Joss, 1964-.

Racism in mass media.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vii, 329 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]

Summary:

"Joss Whedon is known for exploring philosophical questions through socially progressive narratives in his films, television shows and comics. Whedon's work critiques racial stereotypes, sometimes repudiating them, sometimes reinvesting in them. This collection of new essays explores his representations of racial power dynamics between individuals and institutions and how the Whedonverse constructs race, ethnicity and nationality relationships"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I The Caucasian Persuasion Here in the 'Dale: Race and Ethnicity in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

"The black chick always gets it first": Black Slayers in Sunnydale / Lynne Edwards Edwards, Lynne 37

"I have no speech, no name": The Denial of Female Agency Through Speech in Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Rachel McMurray McMurray, Rachel 51

A Dodgy English Accent: The Rituals of a Contested Space of Englishness in "Helpless" / Joel Hawkes Hawkes, Joel 72

She's White and They Are History: Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Racialization of the Past and Present / Nelly Strehlau Strehlau, Nelly 91

"Let it simmer": Tonal Shifts in "Pangs" / Rhonda V. Wilcox Wilcox, Rhonda V. 103

Part II From huffy to Angel: Racial Representation Across Sunnydale and L.A.

Representations of the Roma in Buffy and Angel / Katia McClain McClain, Katia 127

An Inevitable Tragedy: The Troubled Life of Charles Gunn as an Allegory for General Strain Theory / Rejena Saulsberry Saulsberry, Rejena 150

Part III Firefly/Serenity and Dollhouse: Race and Ethnicity at the Margins of the 'Verses

Race, Space and the (De)Construction of Neocolonial 9 Difference in Firefly/Serenity / Brent M. Smith-Casanueva Smith-Casanueva, Brent M. 169

Mexicans in Space? Joss Whedon's Firefly, Reavers and the Man They Call Jayne / Daoine S. Bachran Bachran, Daoine S. 184

Zoe Washburne: Navigating the 'Verse as a Military Woman of Color / Mayan Jarnagin Jarnagin, Mayan 200

Programming Slavery: Race, Technology and the Quest for Freedom in Dollhouse / Brandeise Monk-Payton Monk-Payton, Brandeise 215

"Memory itself guarantees nothing': Dollhouse, Witnessing and "the jews" / Samrra Nadkarni Nadkarni, Samrra 233

Part IV It's a Play on Perspective: Long Views and Deep Focus on Race in the Whedonverses

On Soldiers and Sages: Problematizing the Roles of Black Men in the Whedonverses / Candra K. Gill Gill, Candra K. 253

The Godmothers of Them All: Female-Centered Blaxploitation Films and the Heroines of Joss Whedon / Masani McGee McGee, Masani 268

Someone's Asian in Dr. Horrible: Humor, Reflexivity and the Absolution of Whiteness / Helene Frohard-Dourlent Frohard-Dourlent, Helene 283.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786470105

0786470100

OCLC:

952390256