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Heroines of film and television : portrayals in popular culture / / edited by Norma Jones, Maja Bajac-Carter, and Bob Batchelor



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Titolo: Heroines of film and television : portrayals in popular culture / / edited by Norma Jones, Maja Bajac-Carter, and Bob Batchelor Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham : , : Rowan & Littlefield, , [2014]
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
Disciplina: 791.43/6522
Soggetto topico: Women in motion pictures
Women on television
Heroines in motion pictures
Heroines on television
Persona (resp. second.): JonesNorma <1972->
Bajac-CarterMaja <1979->
BatchelorBob
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Girls
Part 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
Sommario/riassunto: Despite 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
Titolo autorizzato: Heroines of film and television  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4422-7564-2
1-4422-3150-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790939703321
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