Seers, Witches And Psychics On Screen: An Analysis of Women Visionary Characters in Recent Television and - Couverture souple

Beeler, Karin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786433469 ISBN 13 : 9780786433469

Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2008

Synopsis

This book addresses the pervasive representation of women with unique visionary abilities in postfeminist television series and films from the 1990s to the present. These women mediate between the living and the dead or between different worlds of experience, redefining what it means to be "normal" and challenging the traditional boundary between science and the inner world of visionary, mystical experience.

Part 1 includes a discussion of modern-day Cassandra figures, including the witches and other "seers" of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Charmed, Hex, and Tru Calling. Part 2 discusses modern television shows whose main characters represent a contemporary spin on Joan of Arc, including Joan of Arcadia and the short-lived Wonderfalls. Finally, Part 3 investigates female mediums and other "psychic detectives" in reality television series such as Psychic Investigators and Rescue Mediums; the popular television dramas Medium, Ghost Whisperer, and Afterlife; and contemporary films such as Ghost, The Gift, and Premonition.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Karin Beeler is the English department chair at the University of Northern British Columbia in Canada. She has published in various areas of film and television studies, including screen culture for children.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McFarland & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786433469
• ISBN 13: 9780786433469
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 219
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible