{"product_id":"9780822390152","title":"TEST1 Undead TV: Essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer","description":"When the final episode of \u003ci\u003eBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u003c\/i\u003e aired in 2003, fans mourned the death of the hit television series. Yet the show has lived on through syndication, global distribution, DVD release, and merchandising, as well as in the memories of its devoted viewers. \u003ci\u003eBuffy\u003c\/i\u003e stands out from much entertainment television by offering sharp, provocative commentaries on gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and youth. Yet it has also been central to changing trends in television production and reception. As a flagship show for two U.S. “netlets”—the WB and UPN—\u003ci\u003eBuffy\u003c\/i\u003e helped usher in the “post-network” era, and as the inspiration for an active fan base, it helped drive the proliferation of Web-based fan engagement.\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eUndead TV\u003c\/i\u003e, media studies scholars tackle the \u003ci\u003eBuffy \u003c\/i\u003ephenomenon and its many afterlives in popular culture, the television industry, the Internet, and academic criticism. Contributors engage with critical issues such as stardom, gender identity, spectatorship, fandom, and intertextuality. Collectively, they reveal how a vampire television series set in a sunny California suburb managed to provide some of the most biting social commentaries on the air while exposing the darker side of American life. By offering detailed engagements with Sarah Michelle Gellar’s celebrity image, science-fiction fanzines, international and “youth” audiences, \u003ci\u003eBuffy\u003c\/i\u003e tie-in books, and Angel’s body, \u003ci\u003eUndead TV\u003c\/i\u003e shows how this prime-time drama became a prominent marker of industrial, social, and cultural change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors\u003c\/i\u003e. Ian Calcutt, Cynthia Fuchs, Amelie Hastie, Annette Hill, Mary Celeste Kearney, Elana Levine, Allison McCracken, Jason Middleton, Susan Murray, Lisa Parks\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118953054448,"sku":"9780822390152","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780822390152_p0.jpg?v=1763752066","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780822390152","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}