Athena's Daughters: Television’s New Women Warriors

Athena's Daughters: Television’s New Women Warriors
ISBN-10
0815629680
ISBN-13
9780815629689
Series
Athena's Daughters
Category
Social Science
Pages
192
Language
English
Published
2003-04-01
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Authors
Kathleen Kennedy, Frances Early

Description

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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