Lesbian Pulp Television: Torment, Trauma and Transformations in The L Word – Rebecca Beirne

Sep 4, 2007 | Television, Volume 11

Discussing the 1950s and 60s in a paper on lesbian pulp fiction, Yvonne Keller characterises the era as a time where “Dominant culture sought a return to a mythical pre-War, pre-Depression ‘normality’ visioned in ideologically conservative terms,” a time of increased...

Here Endeth the Lesson: The Relationship of Buffy and Spike” – Suzie Weis

Sep 4, 2007 | Television, Volume 11

Introduction When the murderous vampire Spike was first introduced in Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s second season, he appeared to be just another ordinary adversary for Buffy Summers.  After four seasons of mutual loathing and disgust however, they were about to embark...

Feminism and the Media – Interrogating postfeminst politics through Sex and the City – David Engel

Sep 4, 2007 | Television, Volume 11

Introduction Feminism and commercial television have never been happy bedfellows.  Since feminism was brought to the attention of the general public in the 60s and 70s, there has been something of a wary stand off between it and television. This is not to say that...

Saving the World Today: Tony Soprano and the Parody of American Heroism – Charles J. Stivale

Jan 15, 2007 | Television

This essay addresses the parodic representation of heroism in the quintessential American dramatic comedy, The Sopranos, and develops the different means by which these thematics are explored. This paper was presented at the ‘Holy Men in Tights’...

Buffy vs. Dracula”: Intertextuality, Carnival and Cult – Patrick J. Porter

Jul 4, 2006 | Television, Volume 09

Buffy: Who are you? Dracula: I apologize. I assumed you knew. I am Dracula. Contemporary television drama serials often rely on media-literate audiences who are able to trace a plethora of often subtly encoded and obscure allusions to other narratives. However,...

Vampire Hip: Style as Subcultural Expression in Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Patricia Bieszk

Feb 4, 2005 | Television

Patricia explores the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, subculture and style. White on white Translucent black capes Back on the rack. Bela Lugosi’s dead. The Bats have left the bell tower, The victims have been bled, Red velvet lines the black box. Bela Lugosi’s...