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Buffy and the Heroine's Journey: Vampire Slayer as Feminine Chosen One

By Valerie Estelle Frankel

Book information

Publisher
Publishers, Inc., McFarland & Company
Year
2014
ISBN
9780786489435
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4615944 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2022-09-27 23:32:14
LIT025050NonfictionPER010000Performing ArtsSOC028000SociologyWomen's Studies

Description

The worlds of Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, and other modern epics feature the Chosen One—an adolescent boy who defeats the Dark Lord and battles the sorrows of the world. Television's Buffy the Vampire Slayer represents a different kind of epic—the heroine's journey, not the hero's. This provocative study explores how Buffy blends 1990s girl power and the path of the warrior woman with the oldest of mythic traditions. It chronicles her descent into death and subsequent return like the great goddesses of antiquity. As she sacrifices her life for the helpless, Buffy experiences the classic heroine's quest, ascending to protector and queen in this timeless metaphor for growing into adulthood.

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