Athena's Daughters: Television’s New Women Warriors

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A critical inquiry into the new woman warrior's appropriation of violence and the Western war narrative. It delves into the meaning of that appropriation for alternative storytelling, and provides a forum to recognize women's increasing role in popular culture as they are cast as action heroes.

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  Athena's Daughters: Television’s New Women Warriors

  • 2003-04-01
  • 204 pages
  • Paperback
  • Syracuse University Press

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