The Modern Amazons

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  • The Modern Amazons Book Detail

  • Author : James Ursini
  • Release Date : 2006-03-01
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Genre : Performing Arts
  • Pages : 400
  • ISBN 13 : 0879106913
  • File Size : 25,25 MB
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The Modern Amazons by James Ursini PDF Summary

Book Description: ÊThe Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on ScreenÊ documents the public's seemingly insatiable fascination with the warrior woman archetype in film and on television. The book examines the cautious beginnings of new roles for women in the late fifties the rapid development of female action leads during the burgeoning second-wave feminist movement in the late sixties and seventies and the present-day onslaught of female action characters now leaping from page to screen. The book itself is organized into chapters that group women warriors into sub-genres e.g. classic Amazons like Xena Warrior Princess and the women of the ÊConanÊ films; superheroes and their archenemies such as Wonder Woman Batgirl and Catwoman; revenge films such as the ÊKill BillÊ movies; Sexploitation and Blaxploitation films such as ÊCoffyÊ and the ÊIlsaÊ trilogy; Hong Kong cinema and warriors like Angela Mao Cynthia Rothrock and Zhang Ziyi; sci-fi warriors from ÊStar TrekÊ ÊBlade RunnerÊ and ÊStar WarsÊ; supersleuths and spies like the Avengers and Charlie's Angels; and gothic warriors such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Kate Beckinsale in ÊUnderworldÊ and ÊVan HelsingÊ. In addition the book is lavishly illustrated with over 400 photos of these popular-culture icons in action interesting articles and sidebars about themes trends weapons style and trivia as well as a complete filmography of more than 150 titles.

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