Beyond Bombshells: The New Action Heroine in Popular Culture

by Jeffrey A Brown and Jeffrey A. Brown

Book Overview

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 female agency, power, and sexuality. Beyond Bombshells explores how action heroines reveal and reconfigure perceptions about how and why women are capable of physically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496814665
• ISBN13: 9781496814661
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"