Lara C. Stache, Rachel D. Davidson

The Avenging-Woman On-Screen

Female Empowerment and Feminist Possibilities

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Produktbeschreibung

This book demonstrates how the avenging-woman character on-screen represents cultural conversations about female agency and feminism. This critical feminist analysis analyzes the construction of female empowerment in the American avenging-woman narrative to uncover how we can understand messages about women and power in contemporary culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 493g
• ISBN-13: 9781666915556
• ISBN-10: 1666915556
• Artikelnr.: 68175706

Autorenporträt

Lara C. Stache is associate professor in communication at Governors State University. Rachel D. Davidson is associate professor at Hanover College in the Department of Communication.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Avenging-Woman and Feminism
Chapter 1: The Visualization of Victimization: The Avenging-Woman and
Female Violence
Chapter 2: Homosocial & Heterosocial Friendships: The Avenging-Woman as
Man's Best Friend
Chapter 3: Bodysuit, Lipstick, Taser: The Avenging-Woman, Choice, and
Sex-Positivity
Chapter 4: Technology, Cyborgs, & Power: The Avenging-Woman as Machine
Chapter 5: #AvengingWomanSoWhite: Race, Class, and the Right to Justice
Chapter 6: "I wasn't the only dame in Gotham looking for emancipation":
Birds of Prey as a Reluctant Feminist Model of Female Empowerment
Chapter 7: Promising Young Woman: A Promising Feminist Narrative
Chapter 8: "Who takes their bright pink sorority backpack to vigilante
target practice?": Sweet/Vicious as a Feminist Fantasy for a Millenial
Generation
Conclusion
Appendix
References
About the Authors