Dangerous curves : action heroines, gender, fetishism, and popular culture / Jeffrey A. Brown.
Publication details: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2011.Description: viii, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781604737141
- 160473714X
- 9781617039409
- 9781604737158
- 1604737158
- 305.4 22
- PN1995.9.W6 B76 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : "where all women wear spandex and know Kung Fu" -- Gender and the action heroine : hardbodies and the point of no return -- Gender, sexuality, and toughness : the bad girls of action film and comic books -- Alias, fetishism, and Pygmalion fantasies -- "Play with me" : sexy cyborgs, game girls, and digital babes -- If looks could kill : power, revenge, and stripper movies -- "She can do anything!" : the action heroine and the modern (post-feminist) girl -- "Exotic beauties" : ethnicity and comic book superheroines -- Kinky vampires and action heroines -- When the action heroine looks -- Conclusion : wondering about Wonder Woman : action heroines as multi-fetish.