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The psychology of Joss Whedon : an unauthorized exploration of Buffy, Angel, and Firefly / edited by Joy Davidson ; with Leah Wilson.
- Title
- The psychology of Joss Whedon : an unauthorized exploration of Buffy, Angel, and Firefly / edited by Joy Davidson ; with Leah Wilson.
- Publication
- Dallas, Tex. : BenBella Books ; [Chicago, IL] : Distributed by Independent Publishers Group, c2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | PN1992.4.W49 P78 2007 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 215 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Revisit the worlds of Joss Whedon with trained psychologists at your side. What are the psychological effects of constantly fighting for your life? Why is neuroscience the Whedonverse's most terrifying villain? How can watching Joss's shows help you take on your own psychological issues?"--book jacket.
- Series Statement
- Psychology of popular culture series
- Uniform Title
- BenBella Books psychology of popular culture series.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Mal's Morals / Robert Kurzban 7 -- "Darn Your Sinister Attraction!" / Carol Poole 21 -- Free Will in a Deterministic Whedonverse / Thomas Flamson 35 -- The Adaptive, the Maladaptive, and the Mal-Adaptive / Nicholas R. Eaton, Robert F. Krueger 51 -- An Analysis of Slayer Longevity / Tracy R. Gleason, Nancy S. Weinfield 65 -- How Buffy Learned to Confront Her Fears / Brian Rabian, Michael Wolff 79 -- Terror Management Aboard Serenity / Wind Goodfriend 91 -- Existentialism Meets Feminism in Buffy the Vampire Slayer / C. Albert Bardi, Sherry Hamby 105 -- Dealing with the F-Word / Misty K. Hook 119 -- "Stripping" River Tam's Amygdala / Bradley J. Daniels 131 -- Buffy the Vampire Dater / Siamak Tundra Naficy, Karthik Panchanathan 141 -- More Than Entertainment / Stephanie R. Deluse 155 -- Buffy's Search for Meaning / Mikhail Lyubansky 171 -- Psychology Bad / Ed Connor 185 -- "There's My Boy ..." / Joy Davidson 197.
- ISBN
- 1933771259
- 9781933771250
- LCCN
- ^^2007030711
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library