Joss Whedon, Anarchist? - A Unified Theory of the Films and Television Series

About the author

James Rocha is an assistant professor of philosophy at California's Fresno State. He has published on ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of law, and pop culture, including articles on Firefly, The Wire, Psych, Arrested Development, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.Mona Rocha is an assistant professor of History at Clovis Community College. She has published on women's history, feminist theory, and pop culture, including articles on Buffy, Sherlock Holmes, Dungeons & Dragons, and Veronica Mars.Sherry Ginn is a retired educator currently living in North Carolina. She has authored books examining female characters on science fiction television series as well as the multiple television worlds of Joss Whedon. Edited collections have examined sex in science fiction, time travel, the apocalypse, and the award-winning series Farscape, Doctor Who, and Fringe.

Summary

Traces a theme of anarchist theory through the multiple strings of the Whedonverse - all of Joss Whedon’s works show how ordinary heroes can unite for the love of humanity to save the world from hierarchy and paternalism.

Product details

• Authors: James Rocha, Mona Rocha
• Assisted by: Sherry Ginn (Editor), Ginn Sherry (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.08.2019
• EAN: 9781476673837
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-7383-7
• No. of pages: 225
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 299 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Worlds of Whedon
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Anarchism, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Vampires, Anarchism