Steven P. Hill writes:
>What in the name of the Almighty is "Buffy Studies"? Assuming that the
>"Buffy" posting (attached below) is not a belated April Fool's joke, it
>must be SOME sub-discipline within popular culture, which an old-timer
>like yours truly has never heard of...
Oh, thank goodness! Your posting has gone some way to lifting me out of
the depression caused by Thursday's general election result. I thought
that this list had become so leftie, feminist and politically correct that
anyone who dared to ask such a question - if only rhetorically - would run
the risk of being escorted to a cellar and introduced to The Gimp (or
escorted up a hill and introduced to The Wicker Man - you get the idea).
If your question is anything other than rhetorical I'm afraid I can't
provide much of an answer (well, not much of a printable one, anyway), but
in relation to sub-disciplines within popular culture, Alan Sokal & Jean
Bricmont, 'Intellectual Impostures' (London, Profile Books, 2003), might be
worth a look. The opening chapters of Barry Salt, 'Film Style &
Technology: History and Analysis' (2nd ed., London, Starword, 1992), most
certainly are.
Best wishes
Leo
Leo Enticknap
Curator, Northern Region Film & Television Archive
Middlesbrough, UK
www.nrfta.org.uk
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