Call
for Panel Submissions
Central States Communication Association 2013
Popular
Culture Interest Group.
"The
Whedonverse: Ten Years After Buffy"
2012
has been a successful year for Joss Whedon, including The Avengers, The Cabin
in the Woods, and the soon to be released Much Ado About Nothing.
CSCA13,
however, corresponds with the ten-year anniversary of the cancellation of
Whedon’s first successful television show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This panel will explore various aspects of the
Whedonverse, the fictional
universe encompassing the worlds of Whedon’s television and film projects,
including BtVS, Angel, Firefly,
Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Serenity,
as well as the associated novels and graphic novels including, BtVS Seasons 8
& 9, Angel: After the Fall, Fray, Spike: After the Fall, etc.
Submissions
may include Whedonverse topics as varied as the use of language, character identity,
growth and development, philosophical undercurrents, utilization and
problematization of gender, narrative inquiries, various philosophical
approaches, and related topics.
If you
are interested in participating in this panel, please email a 100-word abstract
with the title and your contact information, by Friday, September 21, to herrmanna@mail.etsu.edu. Presenters/pieces that best form a coherent
panel will be chosen from these submissions.
Sincerely,
Andrew
Herrmann (East Tennessee State University)
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