Women of Science Fiction and Fantasy Television

An Encyclopedia of 400 Characters and 200 Shows, 1950-2016

Karen A. Romanko (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

253 Seiten

2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6804-8 (ISBN)

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Television's women of science fiction and fantasy are iconic and unforgettable yet there hasn't been a reference book devoted to them until now. Covering 400 female characters from 200 series since the 1950s, this encyclopedic work celebrates the essential contributions of women to science fiction and fantasy TV.

Samantha Stephens in Bewitched. Lieutenant Uhura on Star Trek. Wonder Woman, Xena, Warrior Princess, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and many more. Television's women of science fiction and fantasy are iconic and unforgettable yet there hasn't been a reference book devoted to them until now.

Covering 400 female characters from 200 series since the 1950s, this encyclopedic work celebrates the essential contributions of women to science fiction and fantasy TV, with characters who run the gamut from superheroes, extraterrestrials and time travelers to witches, vampires and mere mortals who deal with the fantastic in their daily lives.

A former professional librarian, Karen A. Romanko began her writing career in the 1980s with a “My Say” piece in Publishers Weekly. She went on to write articles about rock videos and SF movies and television for publications such as American Libraries and Library Journal. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

Table of Contents

Preface: What’s in This Book

Introduction: A Woman’s Place Is in the Home—

Or on a Spaceship

Television’s Women of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Character Last Name and by Series Title

Appendix: Honorable Mentions

A Note on Sources

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	25.10.2019
Zusatzinfo	30 photos, appendix, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	340 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-4766-6804-3 / 1476668043
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6804-8 / 9781476668048
Zustand	Neuware