Joss Whedon, Anarchist?

James Rocha is an assistant professor of philosophy at California’s Fresno State. He has published on ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of law, and pop culture, including articles on Firefly, The Wire, Psych, Arrested Development, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Mona Rocha is an assistant professor of History at Clovis Community College. She has published on women’s history, feminist theory, and pop culture, including articles on Buffy, Sherlock Holmes, Dungeons & Dragons, and Veronica Mars. Sherry Ginn is a retired educator currently living in North Carolina. She has authored books examining female characters on science fiction television series as well as the multiple television worlds of Joss Whedon. Edited collections have examined sex in science fiction, time travel, the apocalypse, and the award-winning series Farscape, Doctor Who, and Fringe.

• Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: An Anarchist ­Sing-Along (Freely Provide Your Own Music and Lyrics) One. Striking at the Machine: Structural Violence in Angel’s Wolfram & HartTwo. Programmable Slaves: Constrained Freedom in the DollhouseThree. Tips for Organizing Anarchy: Marvel and the Push/Pull of AnarchismFour. The Black Reaching Out: Anarcho-Capitalists vs. ­Anarcho-Socialists on Board the FireflyFive. Anarcha-Feminist Scoobies: Buffy’s Slaying CritiqueSix. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Show That Hierarchy Has Nightmares AboutConclusion: Internal Revolution as SolutionChapter NotesBibliographyIndex