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Action chicks : new images of tough women in popular culture / edited by Sherrie A. Inness.
| Other author | Inness, Sherrie A. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. |
| Description | viii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Boxing Gloves and Bustiers": New Images of Tough Women / Sherrie A. Inness -- Lara's Lethal and Loaded Mission: Transposing Reproduction and Destruction / Claudia Herbst -- Gender, Sexuality, and Toughness: The Bad Girls of Action Film and Comic Books / Jeffrey A. Brown -- "It's a Girl Thing": Tough Female Action Figures in the Toy Store / Sherrie A. Inness -- Embodying an Image: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in La Femme Nikita / Charlene Tung -- Throwing Down the Gauntlet: Defiant Women, Decadent Men, Objects of Power, and Witchblade / David Greven -- The Cruelest Season: Female Heroes Snapped into Sacrificial Heroines / Sara Crosby -- Can No Cage Hold Her Rage? Gender, Transgression, and the World Wrestling Federation's Chyna / Dawn Heinecken -- Tough Love: Mamas, Molls, and Mob Wives / Marilyn Yaquinto -- "Tough Enough": Female Friendship and Heroism in Xena and Buffy / Sharon Ross -- Little Miss Tough Chick of the Universe: Farscape's Inverted Sexual Dynamics / Renny Christopher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2003050906 |
| ISBN | 1403964033 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 1403963967 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | P94.5.W652 U614 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |