Super bitches and action babes : the female hero in popular cinema, 1970-2006
Rikke Schubart (Author)
"With actress Pam Grier's breakthrough in Coffy and Foxy Brown, women entered action, science fiction, war, westerns and martial arts films, genres that had previously been considered the male domain. This cinema, however, is still viewed with ambivalence. This in-depth critical analysis studies the female hero in popular film from 1970-2006. It examines five female archetypes: the dominatrix, the Amazon, the daughter, the mother and the rape-avenger"--Back cover
Print Book, English, 2007
McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina, 2007
Aufsatzsammlung
viii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780786429240, 0786429240
83609493
Female heroes in an age of ambivalence
The rise against men. "Godmother" of them all : the rise and fall of Pam Grier ; A pure dominatrix : Ilsa, she-wolf of the SS ; Enough! : Birth of the rape-avenger
From the margins. Meiko Kaji : woman with a vengeance ; "Beautiful vase made of iron and steel" : Michelle Yeoh ; Failed female hero? : "Queen of martial arts" Cynthia Rothrock
Into the action. Sigourney Weaver : the Alien series and the mother archetype ; Daddy's action girl : Nikita and the daughter archetype ; The warrior and the wardrobe : the Amazon hero
Age of ambivalence. Disturbing creature : the female soldier in the war film ; The action star persona of Milla Jovovich ; High trash heroines : Lara, Beatrix, and three angels