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

By Lara C. Stache and Rachel D. Davidson

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