BUFFYOLOGY \Buff'E-ol"o*gy\, n. [Whedonese Buffy (deriv. California) + Greek -logi, -logy.]
1.) The study of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and affiliated works including Angel, The Animated Series, Ripper, Fray, various comics, novels, websites, et al;
2.) That branch of knowledge concerned with the texts of Joss Whedon and followers, produced late 20th century to present.
Whedonesque
A group B/A/F newsblog. Best, most comprehensive source of Mutant Enemy news on the web. NEWInstitute of Vampirology
In-depth studies of the vampires from Buffy The Vampire Slayer.Buffy the Vampire Slayer Series Chronology
Timeline of all known events in the Buffyverse.The Buffyverse Onomasticon
Meaning and significance of the names in the Buffyverse.The Sucubus Club - Essays
Essay on the Buffy dialect and feminism in the verse.Verbatim Magazine
"Slayer Slang" article about the Buffy dialect by Michael Adams of Albright College.Queer Vampires: The Honorary Buffy the Vampire Slayer Page
A good intro to homosexuality on Buffy, but Angel really needs a similar page.Slayage.tv: The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies
Online peer-edited journal dedicated to critical analysis of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.Buffy the Patriarchy Slayer
Feminist analysis of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.Everything Philosophical on BtVS
Excellent analysis of the morals, laws and meaning of the Jossverse.BtVS: A "Restless" Exegesis
And other deep thinking.
The Once More With Feeling Fan Site and Listing
Welcome to Going Through the Motions, a site and fanlisting specifically dedicated to "Once More, With Feeling", Episode 107 of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" from the show's sixth season, where the scooby gang is forced to express themselves through song and dance. NEWThe Buffy Library - An International Annontated Bibliography
A list of every printed quasi-canonical Buffy text ever. Crazy complete.The Academic Buffy Bibliography NEW
An (partially) annotated bibliography of critical/academic writings on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.Geoff's Comments about Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel
Self-explanatory.Chief Seattle's Saturday Reviews
Reviews of Angel. Usually published on Saturday.Television Without Pity
Bitchy but insightful. Recaps for both Buffyand Angel.ScoopMe Reviews
Not so bitchy, also insightful. Reviews for both Buffy and Angel.Loey's Reviews
Loey is famous for her access to the wild-feed and her early reviews.Jenoff's Reviews
Still more thinking from the online types.Above the Law
"Asking questions of mythos, metaphysics and morality in Buffy the Vampire Slayer."Council of Watchers, The
Fan ratings, reviews and rankings."Rupert Giles and Search Tools for Wisdom in Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
By GraceAnne A. DeCandido, MLS"Rebel Without a God"
(What's up with Buffy and religion?) By David Graeber, a professor of anthropology at Yale."Vampire Ecology in the Jossverse"
The population dynamics of vampires and humans in Sunnydale, by Brian Thomas, a doctoral candidate in ecology at Stanford.Buffy slays academics
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is more than just a teenage superhero according to a student who has been studying her. NEW"Vampires and Those Who Slay Them"
"Using the Television Program Buffy the Vampire Slayer in Adolescent Therapy and Psychodynamic Education" by Steven C. Schlozman, M.D.Pastor Steve's Favorite Show
Episode reviews and Buffy from a Christian perspective."The X-Files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Ambiguity of Evil in Supernatural Representations"
By Beth Braun for the Journal of Popular Film and Television.Cult TV ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Something something 'Jungian collective unconscious.'buffycritic.com
A critical analysis of all things Buffy, Angel & Firefly. NEWGood Point
Writing the Slayer. NEWSlayers and Vamps in the Modern World
Ancient things in the modern scene...NEWWriting Spike
Meditations on the character of Spike from his most devoted fanfic writers."God, New Religious Movements and Buffy the Vampire Slayer": Massimo Introvigne’s Templeton Lecture in Harvard
About "Beer Bad" and Thomas Aquinas"Trading in Girl Power: The Globalization of Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
Citation of a paper presented at the Nordic Association of American Studies Biennial Conference."Community, Language and Postmoderism at the Mouth of Hell"
Full-text of a paper by Asim Ali, Department of American Studies, University of Maryland, College ParkNow, it's Buffy the Thesis
News story about BtVS academic conference in Australia.NEWMedia Studies Does Buffy—And Buffy, as Always, Prevails
By Deborah Netburn, New York Observer NEWWhite Hats - Brainstorming
"Thoughts, Comments and Theories" on BtVSBlood, Text and Fears: Reading Around Buffy the Vampire Slayer
A two-day conference at the University of East Anglia, Norwich; October 19-20, 2002; Jointly organised by Film Studies and the British Centre for Literary Translation (School of English and American Studies) and the School of Language, Linguistics and Translation Studies. NEWBoffins get their teeth into Buffy
Academics are set to discuss the success of television's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (BBC News) NEWDeconstructing "Buffy"
Scholarly Buffy-philes gather at an English university to discuss the "morphic resonance" and "perlocutionary acts" of TV's favorite ghoul-killin' gal. By Stephanie Zacharek. Salon.com NEWPop smart - Local academic plumbs the depths of 'Buffy'
Creative Loafing Atlanta. NEWVague it Up: A BtVS Writing Free-for-all
Topics include General, Episode Specific, Character Specific, Themes, Relationships, Mythology, Music, Theories, Joss?!?!? and Goats and Cheese. NEW
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale, edited by James B. South
Publisher: Unknown
Release date: April 2003
Price: $18Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer?, edited by Rhonda V. Wilcox and David Lavery
Publisher:Rowan & Littlefield
Release date: 28 January 2002
Price: $25 (Softcover), $70 (Hardcover)Red Noise: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Critical Television Studies, edited by Lisa Parks and Elana Levine
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date: 2003
Price: UnknownReading the Vampire Slayer: The Unofficial Critical Companion to Buffy and Angel, edited by Roz Kaveney (USA) (UK)
Publisher: IB Tauris of London
Release Date: February 2002 [USA]; 4 October 2001 [UK]
Price: $10.47; £12.99Ferocious Few: The New Just Woman Warrior, edited by Frances Early and Kathleen Kennedy
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date: Unknown
Price: Unknown.
TCF 311: Critical Studies in Television
University of Alabama - Telecommunication and Film DepartmentCUL305: Ways of Reading - Reading U.S. Culture
Macquarie University (Australia) - Department of Critical and Cultural StudiesClassical Civilization 102
Wellesley College - Classical Studies
Last updated 26 December 2002
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