{"product_id":"slaying-is-hell-9781476682167","title":"Slaying is Hell","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   The films, television shows, and graphic novel series that comprise the Whedonverse continually show that there is a high price to be paid for love, rebellion, heroism, anger, death, betrayal, friendship, and saving the world. This collection of essays reveals the ways in which the Whedonverse treats the trauma of ordinary life with similar gravitas as trauma created by the supernatural, illustrating how memories are lost, transformed, utilized, celebrated, revered, questioned, feared, and rebuffed within the storyworlds created by Joss Whedon and his collaborators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Through a variety of approaches and examinations, the essays in this book seek to understand how the themes of trauma, memory, and identity enrich one another in the Whedonverse and beyond. As the authors present different arguments and focus on various texts, the essays work to build a mosaic of the trauma found in beloved works like \u003ci\u003eBuffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. The book concl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Welcome to the Hellmouth: Trauma and Memory in the Whedonverse\u003cbr\u003eKatherine A. Troyer\u003cbr\u003e\"That has nothing to do with today\": The Whedonverse and the Dangers of Rewriting Historical Memory\u003cbr\u003eErin Giannini\u003cbr\u003eUnwanted Memories: When Heroines Choose Trauma Over Amnesia\u003cbr\u003eValerie Estelle Frankel\u003cbr\u003eRestless Death: Memory and Transmedial Bodies in the Buffyverse\u003cbr\u003eJuliette C. Kitchens\u003cbr\u003eDismembering (the) Buffybot\u003cbr\u003eMadeline Muntersbjorn\u003cbr\u003e\"Better\": Trauma, Romantic Attachment, and the Victor\/Sierra Arc in Dollhouse\u003cbr\u003eRenee St. Louis\u003cbr\u003e\"Now you don't have to use this color anymore\": Art Therapy in Dollhouse and Orphan Black\u003cbr\u003eJanet Brennan Croft\u003cbr\u003eSuch Pretty Things: Madness in the Whedonverse\u003cbr\u003eCatherine Pugh\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: \"We had our own hellmouth\": The Allegations Against Joss Whedon\u003cbr\u003eAlyson R. Buckman\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885814002007,"sku":"9781476682167","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/slaying-is-hell-9781476682167","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}