Variety within Bigotry: From Individual to Systemic Monsterism in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Abstract

Scholars debate and categorize varieties of bigotry in terms of responsibility, whether individual, institutional, structural, systematic, or systemic. Using the distance of fantasy narrative and “monsterism” in specific cases in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the authors argue for the need to consider both individual and systemic bigotry, avoiding reductionist views and thus making it possible to more successfully fight bigotry.

Keywords

• buffy the vampire slayer
• bigotry
• responsibility
• reductionism
• individual bigotry
• systemic bigotry
• institutional bigotry
• soul
• spike (character)