Love and the Fighting Female: A Critical Study of Onscreen Depictions

ISBN-13: 9781476677392 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 245 str.

Allison P. Palumbo

Opis

Combining cultural analysis with close readings of key popular American film and television texts since the 1980s, this study argues that certain fighting female themes question regressive conventions in male-female relationships. Those themes reveal potentially progressive ideologies regarding female agency.

Spis treści

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. To Love, Honor and Be Oppressed: The Problem Hetero-Romance Poses for Feminism
• 2. Mixing Business with Pleasure: Love-Buddy Fighting Females and the Politics of Romance in the Workplace
• 3. The Struggling Romaction Genre: Love-Warrior Fighting Females and the Politics of Romance on the Homefront
• 4. What Doesn't Kill Her Makes Her Stronger: The Fighting Female as a Survivor
• 5. Women Leaders and the Men Who Love Them
• 6. Conclusion
• Epilogue: Evolving Pleasures
• Chapter Notes
• Bibliography
• Index