LEADER 03225nam 2200661 450 001 9910453814303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4422-7564-2 010 $a1-4422-3150-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000001256854 035 $a(EBL)1664636 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001180042 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12434014 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001180042 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11186095 035 $a(PQKB)10175804 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1664636 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1664636 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10859987 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL588581 035 $a(OCoLC)876592296 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001256854 100 $a20131120h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aHeroines of film and television $eportrayals in popular culture /$fedited by Norma Jones, Maja Bajac-Carter, and Bob Batchelor 210 1$aLanham :$cRowan & Littlefield,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (268 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4422-3149-1 311 $a1-306-57330-0 327 $aContents; 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 Girls 327 $aPart 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 Contributors 330 $aDespite 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 li 606 $aWomen in motion pictures 606 $aWomen on television 606 $aHeroines in motion pictures 606 $aHeroines on television 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen in motion pictures. 615 0$aWomen on television. 615 0$aHeroines in motion pictures. 615 0$aHeroines on television. 676 $a791.43/6522 702 $aJones$b Norma$f1972- 702 $aBajac-Carter$b Maja$f1979- 702 $aBatchelor$b Bob 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453814303321 996 $aHeroines of film and television$92214222 997 $aUNINA