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Heroines of Film and Television
eBook - Portrayals in Popular Culture
ISBN/EAN: 9781442231504
Umbreit-Nr.: 2146829
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 266 S.
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Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 04.04.2014
Auflage: 1/2014
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <span><span>As portrayals of heroic women gain ground in film, television, and other media, their depictions are breaking free of females as versions of male heroes or simple stereotypes of acutely weak or overly strong women. Although heroines continue to represent the traditional roles of mothers, goddesses, warriors, whores, witches, and priestesses, these women are no longer just damsels in distress or violent warriors.<br><br>In</span><span>Heroines of Film and Television: Portrayals in Popular Culture</span><span>,</span><span></span><span>award-winning authors from a variety of disciplines examine the changing roles of heroic women across time. In this volume, editors Norma Jones, Maja Bajac-Carter, and Bob Batchelor have assembled a collection of essays that broaden our understanding of how heroines are portrayed across media, offering readers new ways to understand, perceive, and think about women. Contributors bring fresh readings to popular films and television shows such as</span><span>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</span><span>,</span><span>Kill Bill</span><span>,</span><span>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</span><span>,</span><span>Weeds</span><span>,</span><span>Mad Men</span><span>, and</span><span>Star Trek.</span><span><br><br>The representations and interpretations of these heroines are important reflections of popular culture that simultaneously empower and constrain real life women. These essays help readers gain a more complete understanding of female heroes, especially as related to race, gender, power, and culture. A companion volume to</span><span>Heroines of Comic Books and Literature</span><span>, this collection will appeal to academics and broader audiences that are interested in women in popular culture.</span></span>
- Kurztext
- <span><span>Despite the increasing variety of heroic women portrayed in film, television, and other popular culture channels, much of the understanding of heroines has been limited to females as versions of male heroes or simple stereotypes of overly weak/strong (and even violent) women. This book analyzes the new vision of female heroes in popular culture. It features award-winning authors from a variety of disciplines, broadening our understanding of how heroines are portrayed, as well as how these important popular culture representations both simultaneously empower and/or constrain real life women. </span></span>
- Autorenportrait
- <span><span>Norma Jones</span><span> has a PhD in communication and information from Kent State University. She is an editor of Rowman& Littlefield's Sports Icons and Issues in Popular Culture book series and is coeditor of</span><span>Aging Heroes: Growing Old in Popular Culture</span><span>(Rowman& Littlefield, 2015).</span></span><br><br><span><span>Maja Bajac-Carter</span><span> is a doctoral candidate in Communication Studies at Kent State University. Her research focuses on gender, identity, and media studies. She is a contributor to</span><span>We Are What We Sell: How Advertising Shapes American Life . . . and Always Has</span><span>(2014).</span></span><br><br><span><span>Bob Batchelor</span><span> teaches in the Media, Journalism& Film department at Miami University and is the founding editor of the</span><span>Popular Culture Studies Journal</span><span>. Batchelor edits the Contemporary American Literature and Cultural History of Television book series for Rowman& Littlefield. Among his books are</span><span>John Updike: A Critical Biography</span><span> (2013),</span><span>Gatsby: The Cultural History of the Great American Novel</span><span> (Rowman& Littlefield, 2014), and</span><span>Mad Men: A Cultural History</span><span> (Rowman& Littlefield, 2016).</span></span>