Action Chicks : New Images of Tough Women in Popular Culture
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"Action Chicks is insightful, provocative, and fun to read. From action figures to video games, this book explains who the chicks are and what they mean. Trenchant and compelling analysis."--Robin Roberts, Professor of English and Women's and Gender Studies, Louisiana State University author of Sexual Generations: Star Trek:The Next Generation and Ladies First: Women in Music Videos
"Lara Croft and Barb Wire: Role models or boy toys? Xena and Buffy: Why did they have to die? Action chicks are here--in movies and TV, in comics and video games--in our lives, and they're not going away, nor do we want them to go away. Aside from the obvious-- that if La Femme Nikita can be buffed and beautiful, kick butt and wear fabulous clothes, so can we--what message do these women have for us? In ten mind-opening chapters, Action Chicks, takes on the positive and the negative of tough babes from comic books to the World Wrestling Federation, and gave this Xena fan enough meaty subject matter to chew on that I didn't feel hungry after reading the book."--Trina Robbins, author of From Girls to Grrrlz and The Great Women Cartoonists
Action Chicks : New Images of Tough Women in Popular Culture,Sherrie A. Inness,Palgrave Macmillan,1403963967,Feminism & Feminist Theory,Film & Video - History & Criticism,Gender Studies,Mass media,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Popular Culture - General,Popular culture,Social Science,Sociology,United States,Women in mass media,Cultural studies,Films, cinema,Social Science / Gender Studies,Television,Women's studies
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