LEADER 04548nam 2200649 450 001 9910466862303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4968-0323-X 035 $a(CKB)3720000000062048 035 $a(EBL)4397090 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4397090 035 $a(OCoLC)908192689 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse47242 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4397090 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11155622 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL832823 035 $a(EXLCZ)993720000000062048 100 $a20150427h20152015 ub| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aBeyond bombshells $ethe new action heroine in popular culture /$fJeffrey A. Brown 210 1$aJackson :$cUniversity Press of Mississippi,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4968-0319-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 242-254) and index. 327 $aCover; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. Torture, Rape, Action Heroines, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; 2. Teams, Partners, Romance, and Action Heroines; 3. Ethnicity and New Action Heroines; 4. Panthers and Vixens Black Superheroines, Sexuality, and Stereotypes in Contemporary Comic Books; 5. Supermoms? Maternity and the Monstrous-Feminine in Superhero Comics; 6. Sex, Romance, and the Teenage Superheroine; 7. Girl Revolutionaries Neoliberalist, Postfeminist, and Feminist Heroines; 8. Pretty Little Killers; CONCLUSION. Still Wondering about Wonder Woman; WORKS CITED; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G 327 $aHI; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z 330 $a"Beyond Bombshells analyzes the cultural importance of strong women in a variety of current media forms. Action heroines are now more popular in movies, comic books, television, and literature than they have ever been. Their spectacular presence represents shifting ideas about female agency, power, and sexuality. Beyond Bombshells explores how action heroines reveal and reconfigure perceptions about "how" and "why" women are capable of physically dominating roles in modern fiction, indicating the various strategies used to contain and/or exploit female violence.Focusing on a range of successful and controversial recent heroines in the mass media, including Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games books and movies, Lisabeth Salander from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo novels and films, and Hit-Girl from the Kick-Ass movies and comic books, Brown argues that the role of action heroine reveals evolving beliefs about femininity. While women in action roles are still heavily sexualized and objectified, they also challenge preconceived myths about normal or culturally appropriate gender behavior. The ascribed sexuality of modern heroines remains Brown's consistent theme, particularly how objectification intersects with issues of racial stereotyping, romantic fantasies, images of violent adolescent and preadolescent girls, and neoliberal feminist revolutionary parables.Individual chapters study the gendered dynamics of torture in action films, the role of women in partnerships with male colleagues, young women as well as revolutionary leaders in dystopic societies, adolescent sexuality and romance in action narratives, the historical import of non-white heroines, and how modern African American, Asian, and Latina heroines both challenge and are restricted by longstanding racial stereotypes"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aWomen heroes in literature 606 $aWomen in popular culture 606 $aWomen heroes in motion pictures 606 $aMass media and women 606 $aAction and adventure films$xHistory and criticism 606 $aComic books, strips, etc$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHeroines in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen heroes in literature. 615 0$aWomen in popular culture. 615 0$aWomen heroes in motion pictures. 615 0$aMass media and women. 615 0$aAction and adventure films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aComic books, strips, etc.$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHeroines in literature. 676 $a809/.933522 700 $aBrown$b Jeffrey A.$f1966-$0896213 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466862303321 996 $aBeyond bombshells$92447567 997 $aUNINA