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Buffy, Ballads, and Bad Guys Who Sing
Music in the Worlds of Joss Whedon
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2010
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When writer and director Joss Whedon created the character Buffy the Vampire Slayer, he could hardly have expected the resulting academic interest in his work. Yet almost six years after the end of Buffy on television, Buffy studies—and academic work on Whedon's expanding oeuvre—continue to grow. Now with three hugely popular television shows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly, and the film Serenity all available on DVD, scholars are evaluating countless aspects of the Whedon universe (or "Whedonverse"). Buffy, Ballads, and Bad Guys Who Sing: Music in the Worlds of Joss Whedon studies the significant role that music plays in these works, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to the internet musical Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.
Kendra Preston Leonard has collected a varying selection of essays that explore music and sound in Joss Whedon's works. The essays investigate both diegetic and non-diegetic music, considering music from various sources, including the shows' original scores, music performed by the characters themselves, and music contributed by such artists as Michelle Branch, The Sex Pistols, and Sarah McLachlan, as well as classical composers like Camille Saint-Saëns and Johannes Brahms.
The approaches incorporate historical and theoretical musicology, feminist and queer musicology, media studies, cultural history, and interdisciplinary readings. The book also explores the compositions written by Whedon himself: the theme music for Firefly, and two fully integrated musicals, the Buffy episode "Once More, With Feeling" and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. With several musical examples, a table with a full breakdown of the Danse Macabre scene from the acclaimed Buffy episode "Hush," and an index, this volume will be fascinating to students and scholars of science-fiction, television, film, and popular culture.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-6945-5
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-7765-8
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
308
Product type
Edited Book
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FOREWORD: Music in the Key of Whedon No access
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS No access
NOTES ON ABBREVIATIONS AND USAGE No access
INTRODUCTION No access Pages 1 - 6
CHAPTER ONE. WELCOME TO THE HELLMOUTH: Buffy’s Music Arc No access Pages 7 - 28
CHAPTER TWO. THEORIZING TELEVISION MUSIC AS SERIAL ART: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Narratology of Thematic Score No access Pages 29 - 74
CHAPTER THREE. SPIKE ENSOULED: The Sonic Transformations of a Champion No access Pages 75 - 98
CHAPTER FOUR. MORE THAN JUST A ROCK ’N’ ROLL REVERSAL: Tracking Gender on Buffy the Vampire Slayer No access Pages 99 - 118
CHAPTER FIVE. A SWEET VAMP: Critiquing the Treatment of Race in Buffy and the American Musical Once More (with Feeling) No access Pages 119 - 132
CHAPTER SIX. CONCEALING TRUTHS: Rhetorical Questions in “Once More, With Feeling” No access Pages 133 - 154
CHAPTER SEVEN. SINGING THEIR HEARTS OUT: The Problem of Performance in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel No access Pages 155 - 172
