{"product_id":"super-bitches-and-action-babes-the-female-hero-in-popular-cinema-1970-2006-9780786429240","title":"Super Bitches and Action Babes: The Female Hero in Popular Cinema, 1970-2006","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rikke Schubart\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With actress Pam Grier's breakthrough in \u003ci\u003eCoffy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFoxy Brown\u003c\/i\u003e, women entered action, science fiction, war, westerns and martial arts films--genres that had previously been considered the domain of male protagonists. This ground-breaking cinema, however, was--and still is--viewed with ambivalence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e While women were cast in new and exciting roles, they did not always arrive with their femininity intact, often functioning both as a sexualized spectacle and as a new female hero rather than female character. This volume contains an in-depth critical analysis and study of the female hero in popular film from 1970 to 2006. It examines five female archetypes: the dominatrix, the Amazon, the daughter, the mother and the rape-avenger. The entrance of the female hero into films written by, produced by and made for men is viewed through the lens of feminism and post-feminism arguments. Analyzed works include films with actors Michelle Yeoh and Meiko Kaji, the \u003ci\u003eAlien\u003c\/i\u003e films, the \u003ci\u003eLara Croft\u003c\/i\u003e franchise, \u003ci\u003eCharlie's Angels, \u003c\/i\u003e and television productions such as \u003ci\u003eXena: Warrior Princess\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAlias.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46891170300055,"sku":"9780786429240","price":2861.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786429240.webp?v=1770272491","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/super-bitches-and-action-babes-the-female-hero-in-popular-cinema-1970-2006-9780786429240","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}