Ebook: Investigating Veronica Mars: essays on the teen detective series

"Essays explore many aspects of the teen detective series, including Veronica Mars and vintage television; the search for the mother; fatherhood; how the show relates to the classical Greek paradigm; feminist anger and vigilante justice; the anti-hero's journey; the intergenerational audience; rape narrative and meaning; and television fandom, among others"--Provided by publisher.;Canonical Veronica: Veronica Mars and vintage television / Rhonda V. Wilcox and Sue Turnbull -- Rob Thomas and television creativity / David Lavery -- Performing Veronica Mars / Sue Turnbull -- So Cal Piete: Veronica Mars, Logan Echolls and the search for the mother / Rhonda V. Wilcox -- "Who's your daddy?": issues of fatherhood / Sarah A. Leavitt and Lewis A. Leavitt -- Family matters: Antigone, Veronica and the classical Greek paradigm / Stan Beeler -- Rethinking "the getting even part": feminist anger and vigilante justice in a post-9/11 America / Tamy Burnett and Melissa Townsend -- "Get my revenge on": the anti-hero's journey / Paul Zinder -- This teen sleuth's tricks aren't just for kids: connecting with an intergenerational audience / Lisa Emmerton -- "We used to be friends": breaking up with America's sweetheart / Sophie Mayer -- "No longer that girl": rape narrative and meaning in Veronica Mars / Sarah Whitney -- Neptune (non- )consensual: the risky business of television fandom, falling in love and playing the victim / Tanya R. Cochran -- Episode credits -- Cast credits -- Contributors.