Dangerous curves : action heroines, gender, fetishism, and popular culture / Jeffrey A. Brown.
| Author/creator |
Brown, Jeffrey A., 1966- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2011. |
| Description | viii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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| Contents | Introduction : "where all women wear spandex and know Kung Fu" -- Gender and the action heroine : hardbodies and the point of no return -- Gender, sexuality, and toughness : the bad girls of action film and comic books -- Alias, fetishism, and Pygmalion fantasies -- "Play with me" : sexy cyborgs, game girls, and digital babes -- If looks could kill : power, revenge, and stripper movies -- "She can do anything!" : the action heroine and the modern (post-feminist) girl -- "Exotic beauties" : ethnicity and comic book superheroines -- Kinky vampires and action heroines -- When the action heroine looks -- Conclusion : wondering about Wonder Woman : action heroines as multi-fetish. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2010029696 |
| ISBN | 9781604737141 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 160473714X (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781604737158 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 1604737158 (ebook) |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN1995.9.W6 B76 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |