Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-166) and index.
Synopsis
This book is unique in its critical inquiry into the new woman warrior's appropriation of violence and the Western war narrative. Informed by feminist theoretical debates regarding women's new roles, the authors delve into the meaning of that appropriation for alternative storytelling. To date, television's "ferocious few" have received little scholarly attention. By inviting a variety of perspectives, editors Frances Early and Kathleen Kennedy provide a cutting-edge forum to recognize women's increasing role in popular culture as they are cast as action heroes. As a timely and accessible work, this book will appeal to scholars, feminists, cultural critics, and the general reader.
Synopsis
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.
Table of Contents
Xena, Warrior Princess -- The baby, the mother, and the empire: Xena as ancient hero / Alison Futrell -- Tall, dark, and dangerous: Xena, the quest, and the wielding of sexual violence in Xena on-line fan fiction / Helen Caudill -- Love is the battlefield: the making and the unmaking of the just warrior in Xena, Warrior Princess / Kathleen Kennedy -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- The female just warrior reimagined: from Boudicca to Buffy / Frances Early -- "If you're not enjoying it, you're doing something wrong": textual and viewer constructions of Faith, the Vampire Slayer / Sue Tjardes -- "Action, chicks, everything": on-line interviews with male fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Lee Parpart -- Buffy? she's like me, she's not like --she's Rad / Vivian Chin -- La femme Nikita -- "The most powerful weapon you have": warriors and gender in La femme Nikita / Laura Ng -- Star trek: Voyager -- We who are Borg, are we Borg? / Edrie Sobstyl.