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Social Science Women's Studies

Athena's Daughters

Television's New Women Warriors

edited by Frances Early & Kathleen Kennedy

Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2003
Category
Women's Studies, History & Criticism, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Essays
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780815629894
    Publish Date
    Apr 2003
    List Price
    $26.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780815629689
    Publish Date
    Apr 2003
    List Price
    $53.95

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Description

This book is unique in its critical inquiry into the new woman warrior's appropriation of violence and the Western war narrative. Informed by feminist theoretical debates regarding women's new roles, the authors delve into the meaning of that appropriation for alternative storytelling. To date, television's "ferocious few" have received little scholarly attention. By inviting a variety of perspectives, editors Frances Early and Kathleen Kennedy provide a cutting-edge forum to recognize women's increasing role in popular culture as they are cast as action heroes. As a timely and accessible work, this book will appeal to scholars, feminists, cultural critics, and the general reader.

About the authors

Contributor Notes

Frances Early is professor of history at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is also author of A World Without War: How U.S. Feminists and Pacifists Resisted World War I which earned her the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations l999 Warren Kuehl Award in International and Peace History.
Kathleen Kennedy is associate professor of history at Western Washington University in Bellingham. She is the author of Disloyal Mothers, Scurrilous Citizens: Gender and Subversion During World War I.

Editorial Reviews

An exciting feminist exploration of the intersection between the turn-of-the-millennium’s new war culture and the figure of the prime-time woman warrior. The collection is particularly compelling for its interrogation of fan fiction, critical/academic discourse, and internet communities as well as television episodes.

Elyce Rae Helford, editor of Fantasy Girls: Gender in the New Universe of Science Fiction and Fantasy Television

[An] energetic anthology. . . . Whether discussing male fans’ reactions to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Xena as an archetypal hero, or women warriors in La Femme Nikita, the essays [are] . . . an important new addition to the fields of media studies and popular culture studies.

Sherrie Innes, author of Tough Girls: Women Warriors and Wonder Women in Popular Culture