Buffy and Angel Conquer the Internet

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Introduction     

PART 1-FANDOMS AS COMMUNITIES
I've Got a Little List, or, "You Guys Wanna Team Up and Take Over SunnydaleU?" ELIZABETH L. RAMBO     
Buffy, Angel, and the Creation of Virtual CommunitiesMARY KIRBY-DIAZ     

PART 2-SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON FANDOMS
RL on LJ: Fandom and the Presentation of Self in Online LifeREBECCA BLEY     
So, What's the Story? Story-Oriented and Series-Oriented Fans: A Complex of Behaviors MARY KIRBY-DIAZ     

PART 3-THE BRONZE AGE: 1997-2001
"In the World, But Not of It": An Ethnographic Analysis of an Online Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fan Community
ASIM ALI     
Community, Language, and Postmodernism at the Mouth of Hell
ASIM ALI     

PART 4-PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITIES AND THE PRODUCTION OF CULTURE
"Fake It Till You Make It": Understanding Media Addiction and Buffy the Vampire SlayerDAVID KOCIEMBA     
The Problematic Definition of "Fan": A Survey of Fannish Involvement in the Buffyverse CLAUDIA REBAZA     
"Easy to Associate Angsty Lyrics with Buffy": An Introduction to a Participatory Fan Culture: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vidders, Popular Music and the Internet
KATHRYN HILL     

Glossary     
Selected Bibliography     
About the Contributors     
Index