"Beyond Bombshells analyzes the cultural importance of strong women in a variety of current media forms. Action heroines are now more popular in movies, comic books, television, and literature than they have ever been. Their spectacular presence represents shifting ideas about f…
"Beyond Bombshells analyzes the cultural importance of strong women in a variety of current media forms. Action heroines are now more popular in movies, comic books, television, and literature than they have ever been. Their spectacular presence represents shifting ideas about f…
"Beyond Bombshells analyzes the cultural importance of strong women in a variety of current media forms. Action heroines are now more popular in movies, comic books, television, and literature than they have ever been. Their spectacular presence represents shifting ideas about f…
"Beyond Bombshells analyzes the cultural importance of strong women in a variety of current media forms. Action heroines are now more popular in movies, comic books, television, and literature than they have ever been. Their spectacular presence represents shifting ideas about f…
"Beyond Bombshells analyzes the cultural importance of strong women in a variety of current media forms. Action heroines are now more popular in movies, comic books, television, and literature than they have ever been. Their spectacular presence represents shifting ideas about f…
Stendhal's most independent heroines are usually disliked or marginalized by critics. However, when gender-neutral criteria are applied, Mina de Vanghel, Vanina Vanini, Mathilde de La Mole, and Lamiel can all be shown to enact extraordinary experiments in freedom. These experime…
"A feminist reading of Radcliffe Hall's international bestseller and her both inspiring and infuriating heroine Stephen Gordon. She includes a fascinating survey of readers' responses to the book. This book should be of interest to general readers and students and teachers in wo…
Introduction -- Clytemnestra -- Electra -- Iphigenia -- Antigone -- Helen -- Hecuba -- Alcestis -- Deianeira -- Medea -- Creusa -- Phaedra -- Conclusion. "The heroines of Greek tragedy presented in the plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides have long captivated audiences a…