03107nam 2200613 a 450 991097515570332120240513203809.01-283-01018-697866130101861-60473-715-8(CKB)2560000000061030(EBL)665317(OCoLC)704933386(SSID)ssj0000468244(PQKBManifestationID)12169800(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468244(PQKBWorkID)10506544(PQKB)10879922(StDuBDS)EDZ0000204131(MiAaPQ)EBC665317(Au-PeEL)EBL665317(CaPaEBR)ebr10447295(CaONFJC)MIL301018(EXLCZ)99256000000006103020140131d2011 fy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDangerous curves action heroines, gender, fetishism, and popular culture /Jeffrey A. Brown1st ed.Jackson, [Miss.] University Press of Mississippic20111 online resource (278 p.)1-60473-714-X Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; Introduction: "WHERE ALL WOMEN WEAR SPANDEX AND KNOW KUNG FU"; 1) GENDER AND THE ACTION HEROINE: Hardbodies and the Point of No Return; 2) GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND TOUGHNESS: The Bad Girls of Action Film and Comic Books; 3) ALIAS, FETISHISM, AND PYGMALION FANTASIES; 4) "PLAY WITH ME": Sexy Cyborgs, Game Girls, and Digital Babes; 5) IF LOOKS COULD KILL: Power, Revenge, and Stripper Movies; 6) "SHE CAN DO ANYTHING!": The Action Heroine and the Modern (Post-Feminist) Girl; 7) "EXOTIC BEAUTIES": Ethnicity and Comic Book Superheroines; 8) KINKY VAMPIRES AND ACTION HEROINES; 9) WHEN THE ACTION HEROINE LOOKS Conclusion: WONDERING ABOUT WONDER WOMAN: Action Heroines as Multi-Fetish; WORKS CITED; INDEXJeffrey Brown addresses the conflicted meanings associated with the figure of the action heroine as she has evolved in various media forms since the late 1980s. He discusses this immensely popular character type as an example of, and challenge to, existing theories about gender as a performance identity. Her assumption of heroic masculine traits combined with her sexualised physical depiction demonstrates the ambiguous nature of traditional gender expectations and indicates a growing awareness of more aggressive and violent roles for women.Women heroes in motion picturesHeroines in literatureComic books, strips, etcHistory and criticismWomen in popular cultureWomen heroes in motion pictures.Heroines in literature.Comic books, strips, etc.History and criticism.Women in popular culture.305.4Brown Jeffrey A.1966-896213StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910975155703321Dangerous curves4376859UNINA