Academic Books and Articles

A list of academic articles dealing with Supernatural. For more including books and other essays see Meta Essays

2015

• “Teaching Multimodal Short Fiction: A Supernatural Gothic Tale.” by Matthew Schultz. Eureka Studies in Teaching Short Fiction, vol. 11–12, 2015, pp. 60–68.

• “Popping (It) Up: An Exploration on Popular Culture and TV Series Supernatural.” by Diana Gonçalves. DIFFRACTIONS, no. 4, Spring 2015.

2014

• A Black 1967 Chevy Impala: Fan Shibboleths as Cultural Password by Mark Stewart; Flow Conference 2014

• “Cowboys, Angels, and Demons: American Exceptionalism and the Frontier Myth in the CW’s Supernatural.” by Joseph M. Valenzano and Erika Engstrom. Communication Quarterly, vol. 62, no. 5, Oct. 2014, pp. 552–568.

2013

• “Homilies and Horsemen: Revelation in the CW’s Supernatural.” by Joseph M. Valenzano III and Erika Engstrom. Journal of Communication & Religion, vol. 36, no. 1, Apr. 2013, pp. 50–72.
• “Television: Horror’s ‘Original’ Home.” by Lisa Schmidt. Horror Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, 2013, pp. 159–171. (covers Supernatural and The Vampire Diaries)

2012

• “Dean Winchester: An Existentialist Hero?/Dean Winchester: ¿Un Héroe Existencialista?” by Silva, Alyssa. Sesión No Numerada: Revista de Letras Y Ficción Audiovisual, vol. 2, 2012, pp. 67–83.

• “Hauntings: Uncanny Doubling in Alan Wake and Supernatural.” by Michael Fuchs. Textus: English Studies in Italian, vol. 25, no. 3, Dec. 2012, pp. 63–74.

• “The Politics of Taking: La Llorona in the Cultural Mainstream.” by Domino Renee Perez. Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 45, no. 1, Feb. 2012, pp. 153–172. (discusses pilot episode's adaptation of Mexican folkore figure of La Llorona as the [Woman in White])

2011

• A Critical Analysis of Modern Fan Cultures Attached to Television Texts and the Participatory Nature of Their Activities. With Specific Focus on the Fan Culture of Supernatural June 2011

2010

• “Demon Hunters and Hegemony: Portrayal of Religion on the CW’s Supernatural.” by Erika Engstrom and Joseph M. Valenzano. Journal of Media and Religion, vol. 9, no. 2, Apr. 2010, pp. 67–83.

• “The Forensic Gothic: Knowledge, the Supernatural, and the Psychic Detective.” by Ann McGuire and David Buchbinder. Canadian Review of American Studies/Revue Canadienne d’Etudes Américaines, vol. 40, no. 3, 2010, pp. 289–307. (covers Supernatural and Medium)

• Transformative Works and Cultures published a special Supernatural issue in March 2010.

2009

• "No Chick Flick Moments": 'Supernatural' as a Masculine Narrative, by April R. Boggs, at OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, 2009

• Squeeing, Flailing, and the “Post-Jared-and-Jensen Glow”: An Ethnography of Creation Entertainment’s March 2009 “Salute to Supernatural ” Conventions by Amanda Straw

2008

• "The epic love story of Sam and Dean": Supernatural, queer readings, and the romance of incestuous fan fiction by Catherine Tosenberger, in Journal of Transformative Works and Cultures, Volume 1, 2008

• "Latchkey Hero": Masculinity, Class and the Gothic in Eric Kripke's Supernatural, by Julia M. Wright, in Genders OnLine Journal, Issue 47, 2008

• "Not just spooky": the collaborative aesthetics of Supernatural fandom on Runet by Sudha Rajagopalan, for EASA Media Anthropology Network (Working Papers and e-Seminar Series)

• Themes and Models of Supernatural Hurt/Comfort Fan Fiction Supernatural "You break him, we post it by Amanda Straw