Sexualities in the Works of Joss Whedon

<p> Joss Whedon's works across all media including television film musicals and comic books are known for their commitment to gender and sexual equality. They have always encouraged their audiences to love whomever and however they wish. This book is a history of the sexualities represented in the works of Joss Whedon and it covers all of Whedon's genres including fantasy horror science fiction westerns superhero stories and Shakespearean comedy.</p><p> Unique for its consideration of the entire arc of Whedon's two-decade career from the beginning of <I>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</I>'s first season in 1997 through the conclusion of its twelfth (comic book) season in 2018 this book examines in detail both better-known queer sexualities of the LGBTQ+ spectrum and lesser-known non-normative sexualities. The book includes chapters on Whedon's sexually dominant women and submissive men sexual pluralism on <I>Firefly</I> disabled sexualities in Whedon's superhero narratives zoophilia in <I>Buffy</I> queer and heteronormative sexualities in <I>Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog</I> the subversion of the sexual tropes of slasher films in <I>The Cabin in Woods</I> and dominance and submission in Whedon's <I>Much Ado About Nothing</I>.</p>