Stuller, Jennifer K.

Ink-stained amazons and cinematic warriors : superwomen in modern mythology / Superwomen in modern mythology Jennifer K. Stuller. - London ; New York : New York : I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the USA and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, c2010. - xii, 239 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography and web resources.

1. Birth of Modern Mythology and the Mother of Female Superheroes -- 2. Modern Myth, Meet Feminism -- 3. Women of Steel: The Bufff and the Backlash -- 4. Super Grrrl Power in the 1990s and the Turn of the Twenty-First Century -- 5. Love Will Bring You to Your Gift: On Redemption, Collaboration, and Compassion -- 6. Who's Your Daddy?: On Fathers and Their Superdaughters -- 7. Always the Mother, Never the Messiah: On Mothers, Daughters, and Women Mentoring Women -- 8. Women Making Myth -- Conclusion. "Where Do We Go from Here?" -- From (A)eon to (Z)oe: A Select Glossary of Superwomen in Modern Mythology.

ISBN: 9781845119652 (pbk.) 1845119657 (pbk.)

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015352398

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Superhero films--History and criticism.
Superhero television programs--History and criticism.
Women heroes in motion pictures.
Women heroes on television.

LC Class. No.: PN1992.8.W65 / S78 2010 PN1995.9.W6 / S88 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 791.45675