{"product_id":"beyond-bombshells-the-new-action-heroine-in-popular-culture-9781496814661","title":"Beyond Bombshells: The New Action Heroine in Popular Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeyond Bombshells\u003c\/em\u003e analyzes the cultural importance of strong women in a variety of current media forms. Action heroines are now more popular in movies, comic books, television, and literature than they have ever been. Their spectacular presence represents shifting ideas about female agency, power, and sexuality. \u003cem\u003eBeyond Bombshells\u003c\/em\u003e explores how action heroines reveal and reconfigure perceptions about how and why women are capable of physically dominating roles in modern fiction, indicating the various strategies used to contain and\/or exploit female violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on a range of successful and controversial recent heroines in the mass media, including Katniss Everdeen from \u003cem\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/em\u003e books and movies, Lisbeth Salander from \u003cem\u003eThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo\u003c\/em\u003e novels and films, and Hit-Girl from the \u003cem\u003eKick-Ass\u003c\/em\u003e movies and comic books, Jeffrey A. Brown argues that the role of action heroine reveals evolving beliefs about femininity. While women in action roles are still heavily sexualized and objectified, they also challenge preconceived myths about normal or culturally appropriate gender behavior. The ascribed sexuality of modern heroines remains Brown's consistent theme, particularly how objectification intersects with issues of racial stereotyping, romantic fantasies, images of violent adolescent and preadolescent girls, and neoliberal feminist revolutionary parables.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndividual chapters study the gendered dynamics of torture in action films, the role of women in partnerships with male colleagues, young women as well as revolutionary leaders in dystopic societies, adolescent sexuality and romance in action narratives, the historical import of nonwhite heroines, and how modern African American, Asian, and Latina heroines both challenge and are restricted by longstanding racial stereotypes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11772632\"\u003eJeffrey A. Brown\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496814661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496814665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC022000\"\u003ePopular Culture\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER004030\"\u003eFilm | History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC028000\"\u003eWomen's Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeffrey A. Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of popular culture at Bowling Green State University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eDangerous Curves: Action Heroines, Gender, Fetishism, and Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Superheroes, Milestone Comics, and Their Fans\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by University Press of Mississippi. He has been published in \u003ci\u003eScreen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCinema Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAfrican American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDiscourse\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJournal of Popular Film and Television\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44694329557229,"sku":"9781496814661","price":58.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_585824cb-250a-48d5-be5b-3d537b91a4ac.jpg?v=1703775961","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/beyond-bombshells-the-new-action-heroine-in-popular-culture-9781496814661","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}