Ink-stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors : Superwomen in Modern Mythology.
Title:
Ink-stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors : Superwomen in Modern Mythology.
Author:
Stuller, Jennifer K.
ISBN:
9780857732088
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (251 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- SECTION I: Standing on the Shoulders of Amazons -- 1 The Birth of Modern Mythology and the Mother of Female Superheroes -- 2 Modern Myth, Meet Feminism -- 3 Women of Steel: The Buff and the Backlash -- 4 Super Grrrl Power in the 1990s and the Turn of the Twenty-First Century -- SECTION II: Journey of the Female Hero -- 5 Love Will Bring You to Your Gift: On Redemption, Collaboration, and Compassion -- 6 Who's Your Daddy?: On Fathers and Their Superdaughters -- 7 Always the Mother, Never the Messiah: On Mothers, Daughters, and Women Mentoring Women -- SECTION III: The Mythmakers -- 8 Women Making Myth -- From (A)eon to (Z)oë: A Select Glossary of Superwomen in Modern Mythology -- Endnotes -- Bibliography, Filmography, and Internet Sources -- Author Recommendations -- Index.
Abstract:
In 'Ink-stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors', author Jennifer Stuller looks at the role of superwomen in modern mythology, tracing their development in comics, in films and on television over the course of the past seven decades. From Wonder Woman to Buffy Summers, Emma Peel to Sydney Bristow, Charlie's Angels to The Powerpuff Girls, Superwomen are more than just love interests or sidekicks who stand by their Supermen. In her new book, Stuller shows how the female hero in modern mythology has broken through the boy's club barrier of tradition and reveals the pivotal role of high-heeled crimefighters in popular culture. Featuring spies and sexuality, daddy's girls and super-mothers, this is a comprehensive, engaging and thought-provoking guide to female detectives, meta-humans and action heroines, as well as their creators, directors, performers, and consumers. The book also includes a glossary of modern mythic women, from Aeon to Zoë, as well as a foreword by acclaimed cultural commentator Roz Kaveney, author of 'Superheroes! Capes and Crusaders in Comics and Films' (published by I.B.Tauris, April 2008).
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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