Heroines of Film and Television: Portrayals in Popular Culture

by Bob Batchelor

Book Overview

As portrayals of heroic women gain ground in film, television, and other media, their depictions are breaking free of females as versions of male heroes or simple stereotypes of acutely weak or overly strong women. Although heroines continue to represent the traditional roles of mothers, goddesses, warriors, whores, witches, and priestesses, these women are no longer just damsels in distress or violent warriors.

In Heroines of Film and Television:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442231491
• ISBN13: 9781442231498
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"