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The Woman Fantastic in Contemporary American Media Culture

Michael R. Howard, II & Elyce Rae Helford & Shiloh Carroll & Sarah Gray

First published 2016
Publisher University Press of Mississippi
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Pages 256
Price $110.00
ISBN 9781496808714

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  • This anthology is divided into three parts: ● Part 1: The Making of Today's Woman Fantastic (pp 12-100). ● Part 2: Expanding the Horizons of the Woman Fantastic (pp 101-158). ● Part 3: The Woman Fantastic in Social and Theoretical Context (pp 159-208).
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Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Introduction (The Woman Fantastic in Contemporary American Media Culture) Michael R. Howard, II & Elyce Rae Helford & Shiloh Carroll & Sarah Gray Essay
13 Of Jungle Queens and Amazons: Marvel's She-Hulk as Poststructuralist Feminist Icon J. Richard Steven Essay
39 "My Skin Has Turned to Porcelain, to Ivory, to Steel": Feminist Fan Discourses, Game of Thrones, and the Problem of Sansa Alex Naylor Essay
61 The Dragon Lady of Gotham: Feminine Power, the Mythical East, and Talia al Ghul Tosha Taylor Essay
82 Situating Starbuck: Combative Femininity, Figurative Masculinity, and the Snap Ewan Kirkland Essay
101 From SuperOther to SuperMother: The Journey Toward Liberty Nicola Mann Essay
119 "Don't Underestimate Her Ability to Talk, It's Her Superpower": Epistemic Negotiation and the Power of Community in Carrie Vaughn's Kitty Norville Series Rhonda Nicol Essay
132 Placing Parker: Negotiating the Hegemonic Binary in Leverage Elyce Rae Helford Essay
143 Hillary Orbits an Alternative Universe Earth: Interpreting the USA Network's Political Animals as Science Fiction Marleen S. Barr Essay
159 Body Issues in Wonder Woman 90-100 (1994-1995): Good Girls, Bad Girls, Macho Men Joan Ormrod Essay
177 Claiming the Throne: Multiplicity and Agency in Cinda Williams Chima's The Seven Realms Series Katherine A. Wagner & Megan McDonough Essay
193 Forced Glory: Katniss Everdeen, Bella Swan, and Varieties of Virginity Rhonda V. Wilcox Essay
209 Contributors (The Woman Fantastic in Contemporary American Media Culture) uncredited Essay
213 Index (The Woman Fantastic in Contemporary American Media Culture) uncredited Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Woman Fantastic in Contemporary American Media Culture Cover 2016 University Press of Mississippi eBook Nonfiction
The Woman Fantastic in Contemporary American Media Culture Cover 2018 University Press of Mississippi Trade Paperback Nonfiction 228