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Athena's Daughters: Television's New Women Warriors (Television and Popular Culture)
Frances Early
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Description for Athena's Daughters: Television's New Women Warriors (Television and Popular Culture)
Hardcover. A critical inquiry into the new woman warrior's appropriation of violence and the Western war narrative. It delves into the meaning of that appropriation for alternative storytelling, and provides a forum to recognize women's increasing role in popular culture as they are cast as action heroes. Editor(s): Early, Frances; Kennedy, Kathleen. Series: Television S. Num Pages: 192 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA; JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
This book is unique in its critical inquiry into the new woman warrior's appropriation of violence and the Western war narrative. Informed by feminist theoretical debates regarding women's new roles, the authors delve into the meaning of that appropriation for alternative storytelling. To date, television's ""ferocious few"" have received little scholarly attention. By inviting a variety of perspectives, editors Frances Early and Kathleen Kennedy provide a cutting-edge forum to recognize women's increasing role in popular culture as they are cast as action heroes. As a timely and accessible work, this book will appeal to scholars, feminists, cultural critics, and the ... Read more
This book is unique in its critical inquiry into the new woman warrior's appropriation of violence and the Western war narrative. Informed by feminist theoretical debates regarding women's new roles, the authors delve into the meaning of that appropriation for alternative storytelling. To date, television's ""ferocious few"" have received little scholarly attention. By inviting a variety of perspectives, editors Frances Early and Kathleen Kennedy provide a cutting-edge forum to recognize women's increasing role in popular culture as they are cast as action heroes. As a timely and accessible work, this book will appeal to scholars, feminists, cultural critics, and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Television
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815629689
SKU
V9780815629689
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Reviews for Athena's Daughters: Television's New Women Warriors (Television and Popular Culture)
[An] energetic anthology. . . . Whether discussing male fans’ reactions to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Xena as an archetypal hero, or women warriors in La Femme Nikita, the essays [are] . . . an important new addition to the fields of media studies and popular culture studies. An exciting feminist exploration of the intersection between the turn-of-the-millennium’s new war ... Read more