Foreword : The color of the dark in Buffy the vampire slayer / Camille Bacon-Smith -- "Who died and made her the boss?" Patterns of mortality in Buffy / Rhonda V. Wilcox -- "My emotions give me power" : the containment of girls' anger in Buffy / Elyce Rae Helford -- "I'm Buffy, and you're ... history" : the postmodern politics of Buffy / Patricia Pender -- Surpassing the love of vampires : or, why (and how) a queer reading of the Buffy/Willow relationship is denied / Farah Mendlesohn -- Choosing your own mother : mother-daughter conflicts in Buffy / J.P. Williams -- Staking in tongues : speech act as weapon in Buffy / Karen Eileen Overbey and Lahney Preston-Matto -- Slaying in black and white : Kendra as tragic mulatta in Buffy / Lynne Edwards -- The undemonization of supporting characters in Buffy / Mary Alice Money -- "Sometimes you need a story" : American Christianity, vampires, and Buffy / Gregory Erickson -- Darkness falls on the endless summer : Buffy as Gidget for the fin de siècle / Catherine Siemann -- Of creatures and creators : Buffy does Frankenstein / Anita Rose -- Sex and the single vampire : the evolution of the vampire Lothario and its representation in Buffy / Diane DeKelb-Rittenhouse -- "Digging the undead" : death and desire in Buffy / Elisabeth Krimmer and Shilpa Raval -- Spirit guides and shadow selves : from the dream life of Buffy (and Faith) / Donald Keller -- Hubble-bubble, herbs, and grimoires : magic, Manichaeanism, and witchcraft in Buffy / Tanya Krzywinska -- Whose side are you on, anyway? Children, adults, and the use of fairy tales in Buffy / Sarah E. Skwire -- Crossing the final taboo : family, sexuality, and incest in Buffyverse fan fiction / Kristina Busse -- "My boyfriend's in the band!" Buffy and the rhetoric of music / S. Renee Dechert -- Buffy's Mary Sue is Jonathan : Buffy acknowledges the fans / Justine Larbalestier -- www.buffy.com : cliques, boundaries, and hierarchies in an Internet community / Amanda Zweerink and Sarah N. Gatson -- Afterword : The genius of Joss Whedon / David Lavery.
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