Girl Warriors
Feminist Revisions of the Hero's Quest in Contemporary Popular Culture
Seiten
2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7664-7 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7664-7 (ISBN)
Focusing on stories in which popular teenage heroines - Buffy Summers, Katniss Everdeen and Disney's Princess Meridaset - embark on daring journeys, this book explores what happens when traditional gender roles and narrative patterns are subverted.
Quest narratives are as old as Western culture. In stories like The Odyssey, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Harry Potter, men set out on journeys, fight battles and become heroes. Women traditionally feature in such stories as damsels in need of rescue or as the prizes at the end of heroic quests. These narratives perpetuate predominant gender roles by casting men as active and women as passive.
Focusing on stories in which popular teenage heroines--Buffy Summers, Katniss Everdeen and Disney's Princess Merida--embark on daring journeys, this book explores what happens when traditional gender roles and narrative patterns are subverted. The author examines representations of these characters across various media--film, television, novels, posters, merchandise, fan fiction and fan art, and online memes--that model concepts of heroism and girlhood inspired by feminist ideas.
Quest narratives are as old as Western culture. In stories like The Odyssey, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Harry Potter, men set out on journeys, fight battles and become heroes. Women traditionally feature in such stories as damsels in need of rescue or as the prizes at the end of heroic quests. These narratives perpetuate predominant gender roles by casting men as active and women as passive.
Focusing on stories in which popular teenage heroines--Buffy Summers, Katniss Everdeen and Disney's Princess Merida--embark on daring journeys, this book explores what happens when traditional gender roles and narrative patterns are subverted. The author examines representations of these characters across various media--film, television, novels, posters, merchandise, fan fiction and fan art, and online memes--that model concepts of heroism and girlhood inspired by feminist ideas.
Svenja Hohenstein is an assistant professor at the University of Tuebingen, Germany.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: Representations of Girl Warriors
in Primary Texts
1. Establishing the Feminist Quest Heroine in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. Adapting the Feminist Quest Heroine: The Hunger Games’ Katniss Everdeen
3. Mainstreaming the Feminist Quest Heroine: Brave and the Warrior Princess
Part II: Representations of Girl Warriors
in Secondary and Tertiary Texts
4. Containing Feminist Potential: Girl Warriors in Promotional Paratexts
5. Promoting a Queer Agenda in Femslash Fan Fiction
6. Affirming Feminism, Challenging Whiteness: Girl Warriors in Fan Art
Conclusion: Girl Power Politics
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.07.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 11 photos, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 340 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-7664-X / 147667664X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-7664-7 / 9781476676647 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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