There She Goes Again - Gender, Power, Knowledge in Contemporary Film Television Franchises

List of contents

Introduction
1. Why Feminine Intuition?: The Gendering of Knowledge and Power
2. Seriality and ‘Strong Female Characters’: The Double Bind of Women’s Empowerment
3. From Girl Power to Intersectional Sisterhood: Exceptionalism and the Imperatives of Belonging
4. Motherhood and Myth: Inside and Outside the Family Circle
5. At the End of the World: Apocalyptic Bodies and the Feminine Sublime
Acknowledgments  
Bibliography  
Index

About the author

AVIVA DOVE-VIEBAHN is an assistant professor of film and media studies at Arizona State University, as well as a frequent contributor to Ms. magazine and a screenwriter. She is the coeditor of Public Feminisms: From Academy to Community.

Product details

• Authors: Aviva Dove-Viebahn
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.01.2024
• EAN: 9781978836129
• ISBN: 978-1-978836-12-9
• No. of pages: 212
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet