Buffy the PhD Slayer ?

Yale has yet to create a graduate program in Slayerology, but folks in the Ivory Tower do seem smitten with Joss Whedon’s most enduring creation, seeking out every opportunity to apply the insights of Derrida, Foucault or, as this fan would have it, Schopenhauer, to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (I’m not sure that Wagner would appreciate his operas being lumped into the same category as Firefly and Buffy… he was a bit of an egomaniac.)

If you just so happen to be a Buffy geek with academic street cred and a strong background in music, this call for papers might be right up your alley :

From bands at The Bronze in Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Angel singing karaoke at Caritas to the traditional-style fiddling and guitar playing in Firefly, music is an integral part of Joss Whedon’s universes. This collection seeks essays from both established and emerging scholars on the uses of and contributions made by music in the Whedonverse. Discipline-specific and interdisciplinary views are encouraged to address issues of power, relationships, identity, gender, communication, religion, multiculturalism, sanity and madness, and other topics present in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and Serenity.

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http://www.popcultureshock.com/index.php ?p=43411