| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 247 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Establishing the feminist quest heroine in Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- Adapting the feminist quest heroine: the Gunger Games' Katniss Everdeen -- Mainstreaming the feminist quest heroine: Brave and the warrior princess -- Containing feminist potential: girl warriors in promotional paratexts -- Promoting a queer agenda in femslash fan fiction -- Affirming feminism, challenging whiteness: girl warriors in fan art |
| Summary |
Quest narratives are as old as Western culture. In stories like The Odyssey, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Harry Potter, men set out on journeys, fight battles and become heroes. Women traditionally feature in such stories as damsels in need of rescue or as the prizes at the end of heroic quests. These narratives perpetuate predominant gender roles by casting men as active and women as passive. Focusing on stories in which popular teenage heroines--Buffy Summers, Katniss Everdeen and Disney's Princess Merida--embark on daring journeys, this book explores what happens when traditional gender roles and narrative patterns are subverted. The author examines representations of these characters across various media--film, television, novels, posters, merchandise, fan fiction and fan art, and online memes--that model concepts of heroism and girlhood inspired by feminist ideas |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women soldiers -- Criticism and interpretation
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Women and war -- Criticism and interpretation
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Women heroes -- Criticism and interpretation
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Women and war.
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Women heroes.
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Women soldiers.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781476637396 |
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1476637393 |
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