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Children's Literature (MA) Theses

2019

Feminism

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"Buffy's A Superhero": Buffy And Her Place In Feminist History, Jill Marie Burger Jan 2019

"Buffy's A Superhero": Buffy And Her Place In Feminist History, Jill Marie Burger

Children's Literature (MA) Theses

Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a successful television show in the late 90s and early 2000s. Joss Whedon created a blonde, female heroine to combat the image of a weak female who runs down the alley and dies during horror movies. But does a simple role reversal create a feminist icon?