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Supernatural out of the box : essays on the metatextuality of the series / edited by Lisa Macklem and Dominick Grace.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Supernatural (Television program : 2005-2020).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 232 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Part 1 "As meta as meta gets"
- The Reality of Text Is Manifold: Performances of Writerliness in Supernatural's "The Real Ghostbusters" p. 15 / Stella Castelli
- "I so miss being an atheist": God, the Darkness and the Show That Wouldn't Die p. 28 / Erin M. Giannini
- "There is no singing in 'Supernatural'!" The Meta as Narrative Device p. 42 / Stephanie A. Graves
- Part 2 "A cruel, cruel, capricious god"
- God Is Dead and the Death of the Author: Theorizing Divine Absence in Supernatural Season Five p. 57 / Kwasu David Tembo
- The Author, the Audience and the Almighty: Supernatural's Chuck Shurley as Metatextual Mirror p. 75 / Eden Lee Lackner
- "You don't have to be a monster. You have a choice": Supernatural, Free Will and the Deterministic Concept of Monstrosity p. 90 / Annika Gonnermann
- Part 3 "Our lives are not for public consumption"
- "Where's the pie?" Nostalgic and Apocalyptic Foodways in Supernatural p. 107 / Kelli Wilhelm
- A Cicatricial Romance: Metanarrative, the Textual Wound and a Grotesque View in Supernatural p. 120 / Linda Howell
- "I have my version and you have yours": Folklore, Narrative and the (Re)Telling of Supernatural p. 135 / Kari Sawden
- Part 4 Breaking Out of the Box
- "Why are you the boy who hates Christmas?" "A Very Supernatural Christmas" as Nostalgic Holiday Special p. 151 / Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
- Strap In for the Scariest Hour in the History of Television: "Ghostfacers" as Parody of Paranormal Investigative Show p. 162 / Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
- Not All Monsters Are Universal: Gothic Parody in "Monster Movie" p. 178 / Khara Lukancic
- Pamela Barnes as Pastiche: Supernatural's Rock Muse and Blind Seer p. 193 / Kathleen Potts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781476639734
- 1476639736
- Publisher Number:
- 40030099223
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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