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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b12943107.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Feminist 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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-175) and index.".
- catalog extent "187 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Warrior women of television: a feminist cultural analysis of the new female body in popular media.".
- catalog identifier "0820462195 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Warrior women of television: a feminist cultural analysis of the new female body in popular media.".
- catalog isPartOf "Intersections in communications and culture, 1528-610x ; vol. 7".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Peter Lang,".
- catalog relation "Warrior women of television: a feminist cultural analysis of the new female body in popular media.".
- catalog subject "791.43/082 21".
- catalog subject "Human body on television.".
- catalog subject "PN1992.8.W65 H45 2003".
- catalog subject "Television broadcasting Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Women heroes on television.".
- catalog subject "Women heroes.".
- catalog subject "Women on television.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Feminist 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.".
- catalog title "The warrior women of television: a feminist cultural analysis of the new female body in popular media / Dawn Heinecken.".
- catalog type "text".