Elyce Rae Helford is associate professor of English at Middle Tennessee State.

In this imaginative volume, Fantasy Girls boldly maps the emergent gender terrains characterizing new fantasy and science fiction TV. Combining close textual with rigorous theoretical analysis, this volume is the new feminist media studies at its best. It will be indispensable for teachers and scholars searching for the most up-to-date treatments of gender and television, including issues of sexuality, race, ethnicity, and the body. Fantasy Girls addresses head-on the tough issues facing feminists and others concerned with television and its impact.

• Chapter 1 AcknowledgmentsChapter 2 IntroductionPart 3 Speculating on the PresentChapter 4 Sabrina the Teenage...?: Girls, Witches, Mortals, and the Limitations of Prime-time FeminismChapter 5 The Cartesian Noveum of Third Rock from the Sun: Gendering Human Bodies and Alien MindsChapter 6 Scully Hits the Glass Ceiling: Postmodernism, Postfeminism, Posthumanism, and The X-FilesChapter 7 Lois’ Locks: Trust and Representation in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanPart 8 Dabbling in the FantasticChapter 9 What’s Happening on Earth?: Mystery Science Theater 3000 as Reflection of Gender Roles Attitudes toward WomenChapter 10 Feminism, Queer Studies, and the Sexual Politics of Xena: Warrior PrincessChapter 11 To Be a Vampire on Buffy the Vampire Slayer?: Race and (“Other”) Socially Marginalizing Positions on Horror TVChapter 12 Biology Is Not Destiny; Biology is Fantasy:Cinderella, or to Dream Disney's "Impossible"/Possible Race Relations DreamPart 13 Projecting the FutureChapter 14 Science, Race, and Gender in Star Trek: VoyagerChapter 15 The Construction of Feminine Identity in Babylon 5Chapter 16 No Ramps in Space: The Inability to Envision Accessibility in Star Trek: Deep Space NineChapter 17 Contributor's NotesChapter 18 Index

Elyce Rae Helford is associate professor of English at Middle Tennessee State.

In this imaginative volume, Fantasy Girls boldly maps the emergent gender terrains characterizing new fantasy and science fiction TV. Combining close textual with rigorous theoretical analysis, this volume is the new feminist media studies at its best. It will be indispensable for teachers and scholars searching for the most up-to-date treatments of gender and television, including issues of sexuality, race, ethnicity, and the body. Fantasy Girls addresses head-on the tough issues facing feminists and others concerned with television and its impact.

• Chapter 1 AcknowledgmentsChapter 2 IntroductionPart 3 Speculating on the PresentChapter 4 Sabrina the Teenage...?: Girls, Witches, Mortals, and the Limitations of Prime-time FeminismChapter 5 The Cartesian Noveum of Third Rock from the Sun: Gendering Human Bodies and Alien MindsChapter 6 Scully Hits the Glass Ceiling: Postmodernism, Postfeminism, Posthumanism, and The X-FilesChapter 7 Lois’ Locks: Trust and Representation in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanPart 8 Dabbling in the FantasticChapter 9 What’s Happening on Earth?: Mystery Science Theater 3000 as Reflection of Gender Roles Attitudes toward WomenChapter 10 Feminism, Queer Studies, and the Sexual Politics of Xena: Warrior PrincessChapter 11 To Be a Vampire on Buffy the Vampire Slayer?: Race and (“Other”) Socially Marginalizing Positions on Horror TVChapter 12 Biology Is Not Destiny; Biology is Fantasy:Cinderella, or to Dream Disney's "Impossible"/Possible Race Relations DreamPart 13 Projecting the FutureChapter 14 Science, Race, and Gender in Star Trek: VoyagerChapter 15 The Construction of Feminine Identity in Babylon 5Chapter 16 No Ramps in Space: The Inability to Envision Accessibility in Star Trek: Deep Space NineChapter 17 Contributor's NotesChapter 18 Index

Elyce Rae Helford is associate professor of English at Middle Tennessee State.

In this imaginative volume, Fantasy Girls boldly maps the emergent gender terrains characterizing new fantasy and science fiction TV. Combining close textual with rigorous theoretical analysis, this volume is the new feminist media studies at its best. It will be indispensable for teachers and scholars searching for the most up-to-date treatments of gender and television, including issues of sexuality, race, ethnicity, and the body. Fantasy Girls addresses head-on the tough issues facing feminists and others concerned with television and its impact.

• Chapter 1 AcknowledgmentsChapter 2 IntroductionPart 3 Speculating on the PresentChapter 4 Sabrina the Teenage...?: Girls, Witches, Mortals, and the Limitations of Prime-time FeminismChapter 5 The Cartesian Noveum of Third Rock from the Sun: Gendering Human Bodies and Alien MindsChapter 6 Scully Hits the Glass Ceiling: Postmodernism, Postfeminism, Posthumanism, and The X-FilesChapter 7 Lois’ Locks: Trust and Representation in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanPart 8 Dabbling in the FantasticChapter 9 What’s Happening on Earth?: Mystery Science Theater 3000 as Reflection of Gender Roles Attitudes toward WomenChapter 10 Feminism, Queer Studies, and the Sexual Politics of Xena: Warrior PrincessChapter 11 To Be a Vampire on Buffy the Vampire Slayer?: Race and (“Other”) Socially Marginalizing Positions on Horror TVChapter 12 Biology Is Not Destiny; Biology is Fantasy:Cinderella, or to Dream Disney's "Impossible"/Possible Race Relations DreamPart 13 Projecting the FutureChapter 14 Science, Race, and Gender in Star Trek: VoyagerChapter 15 The Construction of Feminine Identity in Babylon 5Chapter 16 No Ramps in Space: The Inability to Envision Accessibility in Star Trek: Deep Space NineChapter 17 Contributor's NotesChapter 18 Index