{"product_id":"seers-witches-and-psychics-on-karin-beeler-9780786433469","title":"Seers, Witches and Psychics on Screen: An Analysis of Women Visionary Characters in Recent Television and Film","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Part 1 includes a discussion of modern-day Cassandra figures, including the witches and other \"seers\" of the television series \u003ci\u003eBuffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Charmed, Hex\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTru Calling\u003c\/i\u003e. Part 2 discusses modern television shows whose main characters represent a contemporary spin on Joan of Arc, including \u003ci\u003eJoan of Arcadia\u003c\/i\u003e and the short-lived \u003ci\u003eWonderfalls\u003c\/i\u003e. Finally, Part 3 investigates female mediums and other \"psychic detectives\" in reality television series such as \u003ci\u003ePsychic Investigators\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRescue Mediums\u003c\/i\u003e; the popular television dramas \u003ci\u003eMedium, Ghost Whisperer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAfterlife\u003c\/i\u003e; and contemporary films such as \u003ci\u003eGhost, The Gift\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePremonition\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karin Beeler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786433469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786433469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Karin Beeler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042820452607,"sku":"9780786433469","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46b0e959-bbe0-48bc-8a35-edeca274d689.jpg?v=1684963726","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seers-witches-and-psychics-on-karin-beeler-9780786433469","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}