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The Avenging-Woman On-Screen
Female Empowerment and Feminist Possibilities
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2023
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In The Avenging-Woman On-Screen: Female Empowerment and Feminist Possibilities, Lara C. Stache and Rachel D. Davidson demonstrate how the on-screen character of the avenging-woman offers a complex construction of femininity that serves as a representation of cultural conversations about female empowerment, female agency, and feminism. This character is both woman and hero, typically both physically appealing and physical aggressive—a dichotomy that goes against traditional gendered norms of femininity. Television and film narratives produced since 2010, the authors posit, offer an opportunity to reflect on and consider the evolution of cultural ideologies about women and power, given the significant cultural shifts in Hollywood that occurred amid the #MeToo explosion and post–Harvey Weinstein revelations. Stache and Davidson argue that depictions of the avenging-woman utilize a feminist language of empowerment that suggests the potential for a subversive message against the patriarchy while also recognizing that an alternative reading of some representations presents, at times, a hegemonic construction of empowerment that ultimately cautions against subversion within patriarchal systems. The authors question how these representations may limit social change or, in some cases, represent particularly progressive rhetorics about women and power. Scholars of communication, media studies, film and television studies, and women’s studies will find this book of particular interest.
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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-1555-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-1556-3
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
198
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Contents No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
The Visualization of Victimization No access Pages 15 - 32
Homosocial & Heterosocial Friendships No access Pages 33 - 52
Bodysuit, Lipstick, Taser No access Pages 53 - 76
Technology, Cyborgs, & Power No access Pages 77 - 94
#AvengingWomanSoWhite No access Pages 95 - 108
“I wasn’t the only dame in Gotham looking for emancipation.” No access Pages 109 - 122
Promising Young Woman No access Pages 123 - 136
“Who takes their bright pink sorority backpack to vigilante target practice?” No access Pages 137 - 154
Conclusion No access Pages 155 - 168
Appendix No access Pages 169 - 178
Bibliography No access Pages 179 - 190
Index No access Pages 191 - 196
About the Authors No access Pages 197 - 198
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