The Warrior Women of Television: A Feminist Cultural Analysis of the New Female Body in Popular Media

by Dawn Heinecken

Overview

The Warrior Women of Television examines contemporary representations of the female action hero in three series: La Femme Nikita, Aeon Flux, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Detailed readings focus on the ways the structure and content of each series work to create specific understandings of the body that are in contrast to those of male-centered action texts. Arguing that television texts mediate larger cultural concerns, this book considers the feminist implications of the series and uses insights from critical writings on contemporary culture and the body to discuss the ways the female hero functions as a potent contemporary cultural symbol.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780820462196
Publisher:	Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
Publication date:	01/28/2003
Series:	Intersections in Communications and Culture Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	187
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

The Author: Dawn Heinecken is Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. She received her Ph.D. in American culture studies from Bowling Green State University, Ohio, and co-authored Measuring Up: How Advertising Affects Self-Image with Vickie Rutledge Shields.