Sherry Ginn is a retired educator currently living in North Carolina. She has authored books examining female characters on science fiction television series as well as the multiple television worlds of Joss Whedon. Edited collections have examined sex in science fiction, time travel, the apocalypse, and the award-winning series Farscape, Doctor Who, and Fringe.

“Ginn explores the myriad natural and supernatural methods Whedon’s characters use to achieve power and control over unsuspecting friends and foes”—Communication Booknotes Quarterly

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface: Exploring the Whedonverses      1. The Problem of Power and Control      2. Love and Sex as Methods of Control      3. Aggression and Violence as Methods of Control      4. Supernatural Methods of Control      5. Manipulating the Brain as a Method of Control      6. Manipulating Memory as a Method of Control      7. Exerting Control with Pharmaceutical Agents      8. Other Methods of Control      Epilogue: Final Remarks      Appendix A: Whedonverses Character Listnbsp;     Appendix B: Series Episode List      Chapter Notes      Works Cited      Index

Sherry Ginn is a retired educator currently living in North Carolina. She has authored books examining female characters on science fiction television series as well as the multiple television worlds of Joss Whedon. Edited collections have examined sex in science fiction, time travel, the apocalypse, and the award-winning series Farscape, Doctor Who, and Fringe.

“Ginn explores the myriad natural and supernatural methods Whedon’s characters use to achieve power and control over unsuspecting friends and foes”—Communication Booknotes Quarterly

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface: Exploring the Whedonverses      1. The Problem of Power and Control      2. Love and Sex as Methods of Control      3. Aggression and Violence as Methods of Control      4. Supernatural Methods of Control      5. Manipulating the Brain as a Method of Control      6. Manipulating Memory as a Method of Control      7. Exerting Control with Pharmaceutical Agents      8. Other Methods of Control      Epilogue: Final Remarks      Appendix A: Whedonverses Character Listnbsp;     Appendix B: Series Episode List      Chapter Notes      Works Cited      Index

Sherry Ginn is a retired educator currently living in North Carolina. She has authored books examining female characters on science fiction television series as well as the multiple television worlds of Joss Whedon. Edited collections have examined sex in science fiction, time travel, the apocalypse, and the award-winning series Farscape, Doctor Who, and Fringe.

“Ginn explores the myriad natural and supernatural methods Whedon’s characters use to achieve power and control over unsuspecting friends and foes”—Communication Booknotes Quarterly

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface: Exploring the Whedonverses      1. The Problem of Power and Control      2. Love and Sex as Methods of Control      3. Aggression and Violence as Methods of Control      4. Supernatural Methods of Control      5. Manipulating the Brain as a Method of Control      6. Manipulating Memory as a Method of Control      7. Exerting Control with Pharmaceutical Agents      8. Other Methods of Control      Epilogue: Final Remarks      Appendix A: Whedonverses Character Listnbsp;     Appendix B: Series Episode List      Chapter Notes      Works Cited      Index