03225nam 2200661 450 991045381430332120200520144314.01-4422-7564-21-4422-3150-5(CKB)2550000001256854(EBL)1664636(SSID)ssj0001180042(PQKBManifestationID)12434014(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001180042(PQKBWorkID)11186095(PQKB)10175804(MiAaPQ)EBC1664636(Au-PeEL)EBL1664636(CaPaEBR)ebr10859987(CaONFJC)MIL588581(OCoLC)876592296(EXLCZ)99255000000125685420131120h20142014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHeroines of film and television portrayals in popular culture /edited by Norma Jones, Maja Bajac-Carter, and Bob BatchelorLanham :Rowan & Littlefield,[2014]©20141 online resource (268 p.)Includes index.1-4422-3149-1 1-306-57330-0 Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Heroines on Television; 1 The Erotic Heroine and the Politics of Gender at Work; 2 Burn One Down; 3 Choosing Her "Fae"te; Part II: Heroines on Film; 4 Torture, Rape, Action Heroines, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; 5 The Maternal Hero in Tarantino's Kill Bill; 6 We've Seen This Deadly Web Before; 7 Romance, Comedy, Conspiracy; 8 Conflicted Hybridity; 9 The Woman Who Fell from the Sky; Part III: Diversity Concerns; 10 Her Story, Too; 11 Bollywood Marriages; 12 The Enduring Woman; 13 The Dark, Twisted Magical GirlsPart IV: Heroines across Media14 Women on the Quarterdeck; 15 The Girl Who Lived; 16 "It's about Power and It's about Women"; Index; About the Editors; About the ContributorsDespite the increasing variety of heroic women portrayed in film, television, and other popular culture channels, much of the understanding of heroines has been limited to females as versions of male heroes or simple stereotypes of overly weak/strong (and even violent) women. This book analyzes the new vision of female heroes in popular culture. It features award-winning authors from a variety of disciplines, broadening our understanding of how heroines are portrayed, as well as how these important popular culture representations both simultaneously empower and/or constrain real liWomen in motion picturesWomen on televisionHeroines in motion picturesHeroines on televisionElectronic books.Women in motion pictures.Women on television.Heroines in motion pictures.Heroines on television.791.43/6522Jones Norma1972-Bajac-Carter Maja1979-Batchelor BobMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453814303321Heroines of film and television2214222UNINA