LEADER 03287nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910458787503321 005 20210708154324.0 010 $a1-283-01018-6 010 $a9786613010186 010 $a1-60473-715-8 035 $a(CKB)2560000000061030 035 $a(EBL)665317 035 $a(OCoLC)704933386 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000468244 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12169800 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468244 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10506544 035 $a(PQKB)10879922 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000204131 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC665317 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL665317 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10447295 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL301018 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000061030 100 $a20100805d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDangerous curves$b[electronic resource] $eaction heroines, gender, fetishism, and popular culture /$fJeffrey A. Brown 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (278 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-60473-714-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 327 $a9) WHEN THE ACTION HEROINE LOOKS Conclusion: WONDERING ABOUT WONDER WOMAN: Action Heroines as Multi-Fetish; WORKS CITED; INDEX 330 $aDangerous Curves: Action Heroines, Gender, Fetishism, and Popular Culture addresses the conflicted meanings associated with the figure of the action heroine as she has evolved in various media forms since the late 1980's. Jeffrey A. Brown 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 sexualized physical depiction demonstrates the ambiguous nature of traditional gender expectations and indicates a growing awareness of more aggressive and... 606 $aWomen heroes in motion pictures 606 $aHeroines in literature 606 $aComic books, strips, etc$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen in popular culture 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen heroes in motion pictures. 615 0$aHeroines in literature. 615 0$aComic books, strips, etc.$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen in popular culture. 676 $a305.4 700 $aBrown$b Jeffrey A.$f1966-$0896213 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458787503321 996 $aDangerous curves$92482114 997 $aUNINA