Fandoms as communities. I've got a little list, or, "You guys wanna team up and take over Sunnydale U?" / Elizabeth L. Rambo -- Buffy, Angel, and the creation of virtual communities / Mary Kirby-Diaz -- Sociological perspectives on fandoms. RL on LJ : fandom and the presentation of self in online life / Rebecca Bley -- So, what's the story? Story-oriented and series-oriented fans : a complex of behaviors / Mary Kirby-Diaz -- The Bronze Age : 1997-2001. "In the world, but not of it" : an ethnographic analysis of an online Buffy the vampire slayer fan community / Asim Ali -- Community, language, and postmodernism at the mouth of hell / Asim Ali -- Participatory communities and the production of culture. "Fake it till you make it" : understanding media addiction and Buffy the vampire slayer / David Kociemba -- The problematic definition of "fan" : a survey of fannish involvement in the Buffyverse / Claudia Rebaza -- "Easy to associate angsty lyrics with Buffy" : an introduction to a participatory fan culture : Buffy the vampire slayer vidders, popular music and the Internet / Kathryn Hill.
Summary:
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer transcended its cult-comic roots to achieve television success, spawning the spinoff series Angel and an academic movement along the way. This scholarly treatment takes a multidisciplinary approach to Buffy's fandom. Ten essays analyze the sociology and psychology of the fan community and how it uses the Internet to share its passion"--Provided by publisher.
