Date of Award
2009
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in English Composition
Department
English
First Advisor
Paegle, Julie
Second Advisor
Costino, Kimberly
Third Advisor
Carlson, David
Abstract
In the critically acclaimed television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, writer-director Joss Whedon revises the trope of monster slaying into a contemporary feminist Slayer mythology. This thesis explores how Buffy's Slayer mythology revises gender conventions performed by Greek Demigods myths, specifically Apollodorus' rendition of the myths in the Library of Greek Mythology.
Recommended Citation
Yerima, Adam Kem, "From demigods to slayers: Contemporary mythology and gender economies in Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (2009). Theses Digitization Project. 3598.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3598
