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Super Bitches and Action Babes: The Female Hero in Popular Cinema, 1970-2006
Rikke Schubart
Super Bitches and Action Babes: The Female Hero in Popular Cinema, 1970-2006
Rikke Schubart
With actress Pam Grier's breakthroughs in Coffy and Foxy Brown, women entered action, science fiction, westerns and martial arts films. This volume contains a critical analysis and study of the female hero in popular film from 1970 to 2005. It examines 5 female archetypes: the dominatrix, the Amazon, the daughter, the mother and the rapeavenger.
360 pages, photographs, filmography, notes, bibliography, index
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | June 30, 2007 |
ISBN13 | 9780786429240 |
Publishers | McFarland & Co Inc |
Pages | 368 |
Dimensions | 152 × 230 × 22 mm · 514 g |
Language | English |
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