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100 1 $aHeinecken, Dawn.
245 14 $aThe warrior women of television: a feminist cultural analysis of the new female body in popular media /$cDawn Heinecken.
260 $aNew York :$bPeter Lang,$cc2003.
300 $a187 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
440 0 $aIntersections in communications and culture,$x1528-610x ;$vvol. 7
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [169]-175) and index.
505 0 $aFeminist media theory -- Interpreting heroic action ; Female action heroes ; Male action heroes -- La Femme Nikita, romance, and the plastic body ; Explaining the female hero: sexuality and victimization ; Intimate investigation: visual style and romance ; Frozen emotion ; Valorization of the feminine ; Conclusion -- Aeon flux and the grotesque body ; Dangerous spaces ; Contaminated/ing bodies ; Sight and power ; Life in death ; Conclusion -- Buffy the vampire slayer and the body in relation ; Camp, metaphor, and emotional realism ; Justifying the fight: monstrous men and sexuality ; The darkness of power and desire ; Morality and relationships ; Conclusion -- Female heroes and the body in postmodern culture -- Eilogue: female heroes and postfeminism.
520 $a"The Warrior Women of Television examines contemporary representations of the female action hero in three series: La Femme Nikita, Aeon Flux, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Detailed readings focus on the ways the structure and content of each series work to create specific understandings of the body that are in contrast to those of male-centered action texts. Arguing that television texts mediate larger cultural concerns, this book considers the feminist implications of the series and uses insights from critical writings on contemporary culture and the body to discuss the ways the female hero functions as a potent contemporary cultural symbol."--Jacket.
650 0 $aHuman body on television.
650 0 $aWomen on television.
650 0 $aWomen heroes.
650 0 $aTelevision broadcasting$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aWomen heroes on television.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aHeinecken, Dawn.$tWarrior women of television: a feminist cultural analysis of the new female body in popular media.$dNew York : P. Lang, ©2003$w(OCoLC)648563679
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