Heroines of film and television : portrayals in popular culture

Resource Information

The work Heroines of film and television : portrayals in popular culture represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Heroines of film and television : portrayals in popular culture

Title remainder

portrayals in popular culture

Statement of responsibility

edited by Norma Jones, Maja Bajac-Carter, and Bob Batchelor

Contributor

• Bajac-Carter, Maja, 1979-
• Batchelor, Bob
• Jones, Norma, 1972-

Editor

• Bajac-Carter, Maja, 1979-
• Batchelor, Bob
• Jones, Norma, 1972-

Subject

• Fernsehfilm
• Film
• Frau
• Geschlechterrolle
• Heldin
• Heroines in motion pictures
• Heroines in motion pictures
• Heroines on television
• Heroines on television
• Hjältinnan i TV
• Hjältinnan på film
• Kvinnor i Tv
• Kvinnor på film
• Women in motion pictures
• Women in motion pictures
• Women on television
• Women on television

Language

eng

Summary

"Award-winning authors from a variety from a variety of disciplines examine the changing roles of heroic women across time. In this volume, editors Norma Jones, Maja Bajac-Carter, and Bob Batchelor have assembled a collection of essays that broaden our understanding of how heroines are portrayed across media, offering readers new ways to understand, perceive, and think about women. Contributors bring fresh readings to popular films and television shows such as 'The Girl with the Drago Tattoo', 'Kill Bill', 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', 'Weeds', 'Mad Men', and 'Star Trek'.

Assigning source

--from the publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

791.43/6522

Index

index present

LC call number

PN1995.9.W6

LC item number

H465 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography