Buffy and the Heroine's Journey: Vampire Slayer as Feminine Chosen One

by Valerie Estelle Frankel

Book Overview

The worlds of Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, and other modern epics feature the Chosen One--an adolescent boy who defeats the Dark Lord and battles the sorrows of the world. Television's Buffy the Vampire Slayer represents a different kind of epic--the heroine's journey, not the hero's.

This provocative study explores how Buffy blends 1990s girl power and the path of the warrior woman with the oldest of mythic traditions. It chronicles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786467924
• ISBN13: 9780786467921
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher