Gabs is a Geek About Sociology Numbers. I am a Geek About Critical Media Studies.
So, I had my school schedule all planned out. I was going to school five days a week, I was taking 17 units, and I would be getting several graduation requirements done in one fell swoop.
Then I walked into French 1b, and found myself completely lost.
Oh, well, I decided to retake French 1a so that I have the basics down pat before embarking on adding to my knowledge of French, but this made my schedule all kinds of messed up. I tried to get into three different classes which would have made my schedule work again, but all three were full.
Then I read about Independent Study. A course where I choose the research subject.
Right now I'm finagling my way into HCOM (human communication, my special snowflake major no one's heard of) 397, and whether or not I get in or have to do my research under the umbrella of another class, my advisor is letting me do what I want, independently, for the semester.
What do I want to do?
Critical media studies, where I examine television as text and use various theories to investigate the deeper meanings of my favorite shows.
In a word, Buffy studies.
This is what I want to do in grad school: study cult television and fandom, and I'm getting the chance to do it as an undergrad! Yay!
So this is me, once again calling on you all to help me with my Buffy-related homework - the subjects I specifically want to tackle are feminist rhetoric within the Buffy fandom (you know who you are, research subjects!); diagnosing Buffy with clinical depression in season six and examining what that means for her characterization; and a feminist reading of Dollhouse. I'll be asking you all to link me the meta you're most proud of to use as some of my research subjects at a later date, but right now I need to create a booklist/research proposal for the course, and for that I'd like your input. What books or journal articles do you recommend for someone studying the topics I mentioned above? I'm going to focus the course reading on general cult television for the beginning, but I need some augmentation to my pile of books which will help with the specific research topics at hand, namely feminism and fandom. Give me the names of books and articles which tackle the topic of fandom and feminism in cult television (specifically Buffy) that you know of, and earn my eternal gratitude.
My current booklist:
Abbott, Stacey, ed. The Cult TV Book.
Bloustein, Gerry. "Buffy Night at the Seven Stars: A 'Subcultural' Happening on a 'Glocal' Level." After Subculture: Critical Studies in Contemporary Youth Culture. Andy Bennett and Keith Kahn-Harris, eds.
Creeber, Glen, ed. The Television Genre Book. 2nd edition
Douglas, Susan J. Enlightened Sexism: The Seductive Message That Feminism's Work is Done.
Gwenllian-Jones, Sara and Roberta E. Pearson, eds. Cult Television.
Jagodzinski, Jan. Television and Youth Culture: Televised Paranoia.
Lavery, David ed. The Essential Cult TV Reader.
Ross, Sharon Marie. Beyond the Box: Television and the Internet.
Of course I'll post whatever papers come out of this research to the ol' el-jay. Essay writing is what I'm good at, and
my main contribution to the fandom, so of course I want to share.
Then I walked into French 1b, and found myself completely lost.
Oh, well, I decided to retake French 1a so that I have the basics down pat before embarking on adding to my knowledge of French, but this made my schedule all kinds of messed up. I tried to get into three different classes which would have made my schedule work again, but all three were full.
Then I read about Independent Study. A course where I choose the research subject.
Right now I'm finagling my way into HCOM (human communication, my special snowflake major no one's heard of) 397, and whether or not I get in or have to do my research under the umbrella of another class, my advisor is letting me do what I want, independently, for the semester.
What do I want to do?
Critical media studies, where I examine television as text and use various theories to investigate the deeper meanings of my favorite shows.
In a word, Buffy studies.
This is what I want to do in grad school: study cult television and fandom, and I'm getting the chance to do it as an undergrad! Yay!
So this is me, once again calling on you all to help me with my Buffy-related homework - the subjects I specifically want to tackle are feminist rhetoric within the Buffy fandom (you know who you are, research subjects!); diagnosing Buffy with clinical depression in season six and examining what that means for her characterization; and a feminist reading of Dollhouse. I'll be asking you all to link me the meta you're most proud of to use as some of my research subjects at a later date, but right now I need to create a booklist/research proposal for the course, and for that I'd like your input. What books or journal articles do you recommend for someone studying the topics I mentioned above? I'm going to focus the course reading on general cult television for the beginning, but I need some augmentation to my pile of books which will help with the specific research topics at hand, namely feminism and fandom. Give me the names of books and articles which tackle the topic of fandom and feminism in cult television (specifically Buffy) that you know of, and earn my eternal gratitude.
My current booklist:
Abbott, Stacey, ed. The Cult TV Book.
Bloustein, Gerry. "Buffy Night at the Seven Stars: A 'Subcultural' Happening on a 'Glocal' Level." After Subculture: Critical Studies in Contemporary Youth Culture. Andy Bennett and Keith Kahn-Harris, eds.
Creeber, Glen, ed. The Television Genre Book. 2nd edition
Douglas, Susan J. Enlightened Sexism: The Seductive Message That Feminism's Work is Done.
Gwenllian-Jones, Sara and Roberta E. Pearson, eds. Cult Television.
Jagodzinski, Jan. Television and Youth Culture: Televised Paranoia.
Lavery, David ed. The Essential Cult TV Reader.
Ross, Sharon Marie. Beyond the Box: Television and the Internet.
Of course I'll post whatever papers come out of this research to the ol' el-jay. Essay writing is what I'm good at, and
my main contribution to the fandom, so of course I want to share.