Spike, sex and subtext: intertextual portrayals of the sympathetic vampire on cult television

Williamson, Milly

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dc.contributor.author	Williamson, Milly	de
dc.date.accessioned	2011-03-01T05:22:00Z	de
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-29T22:30:24Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-29T22:30:24Z
dc.date.issued	2005	de
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/22655
dc.description.abstract	The vampire Spike of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the latest in a long line of a mbiguous but sympathetic vampires which have caught the public imagination, stretching back to Polidori’s Byronesque vampire, Lord Ruthven. This article argues that the vampire image that circulates across contemporary vampire fan cultures is one that exceeds any individual depiction of the vampire; the sympathetic vampire operates as a metatext for vampire fans who draw on textual cues to interpret vampires sympathetically, even when the text itself does not. In the case of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the text overtly encourages a sympathetic subtextual reading of Spike by linking his glamour, sex appeal and rebellion to a hinted-at unseen suffering, which is easily recognized by fans. Fans read Spike’s bad-boy pose as symbolic of hidden pathos. Indeed, the text adopts conventions associated with fan fiction in order to encourage and sustain a surrounding fan culture.	en
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Sociology & anthropology	en
dc.subject.ddc	News media, journalism, publishing	en
dc.subject.ddc	Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen	de
dc.subject.ddc	Soziologie, Anthropologie	de
dc.subject.other	Buffy; cult TV; fan culture; intertextuality; metatext; outcast; slash fiction; subtext; sympathetic vampire
dc.title	Spike, sex and subtext: intertextual portrayals of the sympathetic vampire on cult television	en
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	European Journal of Cultural Studies	de
dc.source.volume	8	de
dc.publisher.country	GBR
dc.source.issue	3	de
dc.subject.classoz	Kultursoziologie, Kunstsoziologie, Literatursoziologie	de
dc.subject.classoz	Broadcasting, Telecommunication	en
dc.subject.classoz	Wirkungsforschung, Rezipientenforschung	de
dc.subject.classoz	Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature	en
dc.subject.classoz	Impact Research, Recipient Research	en
dc.subject.classoz	Rundfunk, Telekommunikation	de
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-226558	de
dc.date.modified	2011-05-20T12:49:00Z	de
dc.rights.licence	PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)	de
dc.rights.licence	PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)	en
ssoar.gesis.collection	SOLIS;ADIS	de
ssoar.contributor.institution	http://www.peerproject.eu/	de
internal.status	3	de
dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.rights.copyright	f	de
dc.source.pageinfo	289-311
internal.identifier.classoz	1080407
internal.identifier.classoz	1080401
internal.identifier.classoz	10216
internal.identifier.journal	114	de
internal.identifier.document	32
internal.identifier.ddc	070
internal.identifier.ddc	301
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549405054863	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Postprint	en
dc.description.pubstatus	Postprint	de
internal.identifier.licence	7
internal.identifier.pubstatus	2
internal.identifier.review	1
internal.check.abstractlanguageharmonizer	CERTAIN
internal.check.languageharmonizer	CERTAIN_RETAINED

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Wirkungsforschung, Rezipientenforschung
Impact Research, Recipient Research

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