On the way home today, I heard the following story on NPR, NPR : ‘Buffy Studies’:
Buffy enjoys a special following among academics, some of whom have staked a claim in what they call “Buffy Studies.” NPR’s Neda Ulaby reports there are serious academic studies on the characters and themes in the series — titles like “Buffy the Vampire Disciplinarian: Institutional Excess and the New Economy of Power.”
The program cited Slayage, the Online Journal of Buffy Studies, and interviewed some really, really nerdy professors. (Seriously, listen to the audio.)