TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,Jeffrey A.
TI  - Dangerous curves: action heroines, gender, fetishism, and popular culture 
SN  - 9781604737141
AV  - PN1995.9.W6 B76 2011
U1  - 305.4 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Jackson
PB  - University Press of Mississippi
KW  - Women heroes in motion pictures
KW  - Heroines in literature
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Women in popular culture
N1  - 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
ER  -