Acknowledgments vii
Introduction / Elana Levine and Lisa Parks 1
1. The Changing Face of Teen Television, or Why We All Love Buffy / Mary
Celeste Kearney 17
2. I Know What You Did Last Summer: Sarah Michelle Gellar and Crossover
Teen Stardom / Susan Murray 43
3. Vampire Hunters: The Scheduling and Reception of Buffy the Vampire
Slayer and Angel in the United Kingdom / Annette Hill and Ian Calcutt 56
4. The Epistemological Stakes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Television
Criticism and Marketing Demands / Amelie Hastie 74
5. “Did Anyone Ever Explain to You What ‘Secret Identity’ Means?” Race and
Displacement in Buffy and Dark Angel / Cynthia Fuchs 96
6. At Stake: Angel’s Body, Fantasy Masculinity, and Queer Desire in Teen
Television / Allison McCracken 116
7. Buffy as Femme Fatale: The Cult Heroine and the Male Spectator / Jason
Middleton 145
8. Buffy and the “New Girl Order”: Defining Feminism and Femininity / Elana
Levine 168
Bibliography 191
Contributors 197
Index 199
