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Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction
Then: The Road So Far
(Stacey Abbott) ix
“Bon Jovi rocks . . .
on occasion”: Comedy and Music
Rabbits’ Feet and Spleen
Juice: The Comic Strategies of tv Horror (Stacey Abbott) 3
Two Greasers and a Muscle
Car: Music and Character Development in Supernatural (Stan
Beeler) 18
Skin Mags and
Shaving Cream: Sam and Dean on the Fringes of
Time and Place
Purgatory with Color TV:
Motel Rooms as Liminal Zones in Supernatural
(Lorna Jowett) 33
Rebels, Rogues, and Sworn
Brothers: Supernatural and the Shift in “White
Trash” from Monster to Hero (Aaron C. Burnell) 47
Renegades and Wayward
Sons: Supernatural and the ’70s (Simon Brown) 60
“Jerk . . . bitch”:
Representations of Gender and Sexuality
The Road to Lordsburg:
Rural Masculinity in Supernatural (Lorrie Palmer) 77
Angels, Demons, and
Damsels in Distress: The Representation of Women in Supernatural (Bronwen
Calvert) 90
“Go be gay for that
poor, dead intern”: Conversion Fantasies and Gay Anxieties in Supernatural
(Darren Elliott-Smith) 105
The Gospel According to
Chuck: Narrative and Storytelling in Supernatural
“That’s so gay”:
Drag, Camp, and the Power of Storytelling in Supernatural (James
Francis, Jr.) 119
“There’s a ton of lore
on unicorns too”: Postmodernist Micro-Narratives and Supernatural (David
Simmons) 132
Breaking the Mirror:
Metafictional Strategies in Supernatural (Alberto N. García) 146
“What’s the lore say?”:
Exploring Folklore & Religion
“There’s nothing more
dangerous than some a-hole who thinks he is on a holy mission”: Using
and (Dis)-Abusing Religious and Economic Authority on Supernatural (Erin
Giannini) 163
“I am an angel of the
Lord”: An Inquiry into the Christian Nature
of Supernatural’s Heavenly Delegates (Jutta Wimmler and
Lisa Kienzl) 176
Televisual Folklore:
Rescuing Supernatural from the Fakelore Realm (Mikel
J. Koven and Gunnella Thorgeirsdottir) 187
Cruel Capricious Gods:
Auteurs, Fans, Critics
Sympathy for the Fangirl:
Becky Rosen, Fan Identity, and Inter activity in Supernatural (Brigid
Cherry) 203
Crossing Over: Network
Transition, Critical Reception and Supernatural
Longevity (Karen Petruska) 219
Plagiarism or Props?:
Homage to Neil Gaiman in Eric Kripke’s Supernatural
(Laura Felschow) 230
Epilogue
Now: The Road Ahead,
or the Chapter at the End of This Book (David
Lavery) 245
Episode Guide (Stephanie
Graves) 253
Notes 273
TV/Filmography 286
Contributors 290
Bibliography 295
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With TV
Goes to Hell, Lavery and Abbott have assembled a thought-provoking
collection of critical essays that explore both the wide-open freeways and
the unmarked back roads of Supernatural. Traveling a scholarly Route 66 of
theories and approaches, the essays begin at different points on the
analytical map, but all roads lead to the same destination; namely, that Supernatural is
a show worthy of in-depth critical study. This collection is as
indispensable to the serious Supernatural viewer as rock salt.— K. Dale Koontz
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