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Beyond bombshells : the new action heroine in popular culture /
"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, po...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
[2015]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- 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
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z.