Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
By Camille Bacon Smith (Contribution by), Katrina Busse (Contribution by), S Renee Dechert (Contribution by), Diane DeKelb-Rittenhouse (Contribution by), Lynne Edwards (Contribution by), Greg Erikson (Contribution by), Sarah N. Gatson (Contribution by), Elyce Rae Helford (Contribution by), Donald Keller (Contribution by), Elizabeth Krimmer (Contribution by), Tanya Kryzywinska (Contribution by), Justine Larbalestier (Contribution by), David Lavery (Contribution by), Farah Mendelsohn (Contribution by), Mary Alice Money (Contribution by), Karen Eileen Overby (Contribution by), Patricia Pender (Contribution by), Lahney Preston-Matto (Contribution by), Shilpa Raval (Contribution by), Anita Rose (Contribution by), Catherine Siemann (Contribution by), Sarah E. Skwire (Contribution by), Rhonda V. Wilcox (Contribution by), J P. Williams (Contribution by), Amanda Zweerink (Contribution by), Rhonda V. Wilcox (Editor), David Lavery (Editor)
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By Camille Bacon Smith (Contribution by), Katrina Busse (Contribution by), S Renee Dechert (Contribution by), Diane DeKelb-Rittenhouse (Contribution by), Lynne Edwards (Contribution by), Greg Erikson (Contribution by), Sarah N. Gatson (Contribution by), Elyce Rae Helford (Contribution by), Donald Keller (Contribution by), Elizabeth Krimmer (Contribution by), Tanya Kryzywinska (Contribution by), Justine Larbalestier (Contribution by), David Lavery (Contribution by), Farah Mendelsohn (Contribution by), Mary Alice Money (Contribution by), Karen Eileen Overby (Contribution by), Patricia Pender (Contribution by), Lahney Preston-Matto (Contribution by), Shilpa Raval (Contribution by), Anita Rose (Contribution by), Catherine Siemann (Contribution by), Sarah E. Skwire (Contribution by), Rhonda V. Wilcox (Contribution by), J P. Williams (Contribution by), Amanda Zweerink (Contribution by), Rhonda V. Wilcox (Editor), David Lavery (Editor)
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For every television series, the original vision grows within a press of forces-both social and artistic expectations, conventions of the business, as well as conventions of the art. Bad television-predictable, commercial, exploitative-simply yields to the forces. Good television, like the character of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, fights them. Fighting the Forces explores the struggle to create meaning in an impressive example of popular culture, the television series phenomenon Buffy the Vamp...


