Mr. Pointy Awards / 2018
For Works Published in 2017
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On behalf of the Whedon Studies Association, the Whedon Studies Award (the “Mr. Pointy”) Jury is pleased to announce the finalists and winner for the 2018 awards for outstanding short-form work (Short Mr. Pointy) in Whedon Studies. Works eligible for this year’s Long Mr. Pointy award were all published during 2017. These finalists represent the highest level of scholarship and original contributions to the field of Whedon Studies.
Short (essay-length) Mr. Pointy finalists: Hawk, Julie L. “Scythe Matters: Performing Object Oriented Ontology on Domestic Space in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” At Home in the Whedonverse: Essays on Domestic Place, Space and Life. Kitchens, Juliette C, editor. McFarland & Company, Inc, 2017, 104-121. Nadkarni, Samira. “Front and Center: Examining Black Widow Fanvids.” Ginn, Sherry, editor. Marvel’s Black Widow From Spy to Superhero: Essays on an Avenger with a Very Specific Skill Set (ed. Sherry Ginn). Jefferson, NC: McFarland 2017. p. 38-51. Perdigao, Lisa. “A Home at the End of the World: The Future of Domesticity in the Whedonverse.” At Home in the Whedonverse: Essays on Domestic Place, Space and Life. Kitchens, Juliette C, editor. McFarland & Company, Inc, 2017, 182-198. Recht, Marcus. “Undead Objects of a ‘Queer Gaze’: A Visual Approach to Buffy’s Vampires Using Lacan’s Extended RSI Model.” Slayage, vol. 46, 2017, p. 1. WINNER: Hawk, Julie L. “Scythe Matters: Performing Object Oriented Ontology on Domestic Space in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” At Home in the Whedonverse: Essays on Domestic Place, Space and Life. Kitchens, Juliette C, editor. McFarland & Company, Inc, 2017, 104-121. On behalf of the Whedon Studies Association, the Whedon Studies Award (the “Mr. Pointy”) Jury is pleased to announce the finalists and winner for the 2018 awards for outstanding work of manuscript length (Long Mr. Pointy) in Whedon Studies. Works eligible for this year’s Long Mr. Pointy award were all published during 2017. These finalists represent the highest level of scholarship and original contributions to the field of Whedon Studies.
Long (manuscript-length) Mr. Pointy finalists: Giannini, Erin. Joss Whedon Versus the Corporation: Big Business Critiqued in the Films and Television Programs (Worlds of Whedon). Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2017 Kitchens, Juliette C, ed. At Home in the Whedonverse: Essays on Domestic Place, Space and Life. Jefferson, NC: McFarland 2017. WINNER: Kitchens, Juliette C, ed. At Home in the Whedonverse: Essays on Domestic Place, Space and Life. Jefferson, NC: McFarland 2017. |
Jury Members:
Long (manuscript-length) Mr. Pointy
Julie Hawk-chair
Mary Ellen Iatropoulos
Stephanie Graves
Mike Starr
Malgorzata Drewniok
Madeline Muntersbjorn (alternate)
Short (essay-length) Mr. Pointy
Mary Ellen Iatropoulos
Stephanie Graves
Mike Starr
Malgorzata Drewniok
Madeline Muntersbjorn
Julie Hawk-chair
Mary Ellen Iatropoulos
Stephanie Graves
Mike Starr
Malgorzata Drewniok
Madeline Muntersbjorn (alternate)
Short (essay-length) Mr. Pointy
Mary Ellen Iatropoulos
Stephanie Graves
Mike Starr
Malgorzata Drewniok
Madeline Muntersbjorn
