Blood Relations: Chosen Families in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel

by Jes Battis

The television series Buffy and Angel revolve around radical conceptions of family. Indeed, their coherence depends on the establishment of nontraditional families that admit vampires, demons, witches, werewolves, and other bizarre characters without censuring them for their peculiarities. This work argues that what makes these characters enduring and engaging is their critical family connections--for their most involved struggles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078642172X
• ISBN13: 9780786421725
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher