Acknowledgments
Introduction: Welcome to the Future
Michael Starr and Heather M. Porter
Part I: Society and Self
Now that we have a black president: White Feminism, Post-Raciality, and the Curious Case of Boyd Langton
Mary Ellen Iatropoulos
The body doesn't matter, it's the mind that we want: Examining and Critiquing Contemporary Socioeconomic and -political Structures Through Rossum and the Framework
Erin M. Giannini
Ripley, Alice, and Echo: Corporate Malfeasance and the Female Body
Sherry Ginn
We're also misunderstood, which great humanitarians often are: Examining the Intelligence and Wisdom of the Mad Scientist Topher Brink
Heather M. Porter
Part II: Philosophy and Technology
Earning a Place on the Ark: Evolution, Ethics, and Epitaphs
Madeline Muntersbjorn
From Androids to Actives: Death of Identity and the Legacy of Technicism
Thomas D. Parham III
Agencied Objects: Locations of the Technodomestic Object-I in the Whedonverses
Juliette C. Kitchens
How does it feel to end the world?: The Dark Ecology of the Dollhouse
Michael Starr
Part III: Form and Function
What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You? Constructive Omissions in the Title Music
Janet K. Halfyard
Friday Night Rites: The Posthuman Hero's Tale in the Television Narrative
Devon E. Anderson
You cannot possibly stop them alone: The Formula Conspiracy Story, the Monomyth, and Whedon's Complicated Heroics
Stephen G. Melvin
Tell me about the Dollhouse: The Impact of Promotional Paratexts on Audience Reception
Tanya R. Cochran
Part IV: Influences and Allusions
I'm awake now: Female Cyborgs, Self-Awareness, and (Qualified?) Rebellion in Dollhouse and Westworld
Eve Bennett
To grow, we all need to suffer: Memory and Trauma as the Path to Personhood
Jeana Jorgensen and Keegan L. Mills
Lost, Not Gone: The Haunted (Doll)House
Catherine Pugh
Pod People, Zombies, Dolls: Fear and Anxiety in I Am Legend, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Dollhouse
Charmaine Tanti
Appendix 1: Dollhouse Episode List
Appendix 2: Westworld Episode List, Cited in Text
Appendix 3: Whedon Television Episode List, Cited in Text
Appendix 4: Whedon Filmography, Cited in Text
About the Contributors
Index