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 ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]