Seers, witches and psychics on screen : an analysis of women visionary characters in recent television and film /
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 "normal" and challe...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland & Company,
[2008]
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| Summary: | 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 "normal" and challenging the traditional boundary between science and the inner world of visionary, mystical experience. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-201) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780786433469 (softcover : alk. paper) 0786433469 (softcover : alk. paper) |