Athena's daughters : television's new women warriors / edited by Frances Early and Kathleen Kennedy ; with a foreword by Rhonda V. Wilcox.

Other author Early, Frances H.
Other author Kennedy, Kathleen.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoSyracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, ©2003.
Descriptionxvi, 175 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Women heroes on television.
Action and adventure television programs.

SeriesThe Television series
Television series. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Xena, Warrior Princess -- The baby, the mother, and the empire: Xena as ancient hero / Alison Futrell -- Tall, dark, and dangerous: Xena, the quest, and the wielding of sexual violence in Xena on-line fan fiction / Helen Caudill -- Love is the battlefield: the making and the unmaking of the just warrior in Xena, Warrior Princess / Kathleen Kennedy -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- The female just warrior reimagined: from Boudicca to Buffy / Frances Early -- "If you're not enjoying it, you're doing something wrong": textual and viewer constructions of Faith, the Vampire Slayer / Sue Tjardes -- "Action, chicks, everything": on-line interviews with male fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Lee Parpart -- Buffy? she's like me, she's not like --she's Rad / Vivian Chin -- La femme Nikita -- "The most powerful weapon you have": warriors and gender in La femme Nikita / Laura Ng -- Star trek: Voyager -- We who are Borg, are we Borg? / Edrie Sobstyl.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 155-166) and index.
LCCN 2002153925
ISBN0815629680 (cl. : alk. paper)
ISBN0815629893 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PN1992.8.W65 A88 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold