Fantasy Girls : Gender in the New Universe of Science Fiction and Fantasy Television

Name: Fantasy Girls
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
SKU: 9780847698356
Price: 10800 KES
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ISBN: 9780847698356

by Elyce Rae Helford

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0847698351

ISBN-13 9780847698356

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Imprint Rowman & Littlefield

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date May 30th, 2000

Print length 288 Pages

Weight 422 grams

Dimensions 22.80 x 14.90 x 2.10 cms

Product Classification: Television Television Media studies Gender studies: women and girls Media studies Gender studies: women

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This volume examines women on American television in the nineties in an attempt to uncover the cultural obsession with tough, sexy heroines in mythical pasts, the "girl power" present, and utopic futures. Programmes covered include "Babylon 5", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and "Xena.

Fantasy Girls seeks to explore as well as challenge the power and the promises of this recent media phenomenon. Such TV programming offers the exciting opportunity to rethink established gender norms, but how far is it really pushing the limits of the status quo? Amidst the exuberant optimism of fanzines and doting fan websites, the contributors to this volume endeavor to provide us with a much needed critical analysis of this contemporary trend. These essays explore the contradictions and limitations inherent in the genre, forcing readers to take a fresh and critical look through a variety of lenses including girl power, postfeminism, cyborg feminism, disability politics, queer studies, and much more. Programs covered are Babylon 5, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Disney''s Cinderella, Lois and Clark, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Star Trek: Voyager, The X-Files, Third Rock from the Sun, and Xena: Warrior Princess.

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