Full Description
From Mrs Peel to the first female Doctor Who, this book offers a timely focus on the popular phenomenon of the cult TV heroine. The enduring phenomenon of cult TV itself is carefully explored through questions of genre, the role of the audience and the external environment of technological advances and business drivers. Catriona Miller then suggests a fresh account of the psychological dimension of the phenomenon utilising Carl Jung's concepts of the transcendent function and active imagination.
Her analysis of the heroines themselves considers the workings of the audio-visual text alongside narrative and character arcs, exploring the complex and contradictory ways in which the heroines are represented. Established cult TV favourites such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X Files, and Xena: Warrior Princess are examined alongside more recent shows such as Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Jessica Jones and American Horror Story: Coven.
Contents
Introduction
1. The Cult TV Composite
2. Two Heads are Better than One
The Avengers
Sapphire & Steel
The X Files
3. Witches: Between Feminine and Feminist
- Bewitched
- Charmed
- American Horror Story: Coven
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
4. Warrior Women
- Wonder Woman
- Xena: Warrior Princess
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Wynonna Earp
5. Hybrid Evolutions
- The Bionic Woman
- Dark Angel
- Jessica Jones
6. A Question of Command
- Star Trek: Voyager
- Star Trek: Discovery
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
