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The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on Screen documents the public's seemingly insatiable fascination with the warrior woman archetype in film and on television. The book examines the cautious beginnings of new roles for women in the late fifties, the rapid development of female action leads during the burgeoning second-wave feminist movement in the late sixties and seventies, and the present-day onslaught of female action characters now leaping from page to screen. The book itself is organized into chapters that group women warriors into sub-genres, e.g., classic Amazons like Xena Warrior Princess and the women of the Conan films; superheroes and their archenemies such as Wonder Woman, Batgirl, and Catwoman; revenge films such as the Kill Bill movies; Sexploitation and Blaxploitation films such as Coffy and the Ilsa trilogy; Hong Kong cinema and warriors like Angela Mao, Cynthia Rothrock, and Zhang Ziyi; sci-fi warriors from Star Trek, Blade Runner, and Star Wars! ; supersleuths and spies like the Avengers and Charlie's Angels; and gothic warriors such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Kate Beckinsale in Underworld and Van Helsing. In addition, the book is lavishly illustrated with over 400 photos of these popular-culture icons in action, interesting articles and sidebars about themes, trends, weapons, style, and trivia, as well as a complete filmography of more than 150 titles.
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Films, cinema, Performing Arts, Action/Adventure Films, Women In Performing Arts, Music/Songbooks, Cinema/Film: Book, Reference, Film & Video - Reference, Television - Reference, Music / Reference, Film & Video - History & Criticism, Heroines in motion pictures, Women in motion pictures, Violence in motion pictures, Motion pictures and womenShowing 5 featured editions. View all 5 editions?
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Modern Amazons: Warrior Women On-Screen
2006, Leonard Corporation, Hal
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The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women On-Screen
2006, Hal Leonard/Limelight Editions
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0879103272 9780879103279
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The Modern Amazons : Warrior Women on Screen
March 1, 2006, Limelight Editions
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0879103272 9780879103279
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Modern Amazons: Warrior Women On-Screen
2006, Leonard Corporation, Hal
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0879104031 9780879104030
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Modern Amazons: Warrior Women On-Screen
2006, Leonard Corporation, Hal
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0879106905 9780879106904
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July 30, 2019 | Edited by MARC Bot | associate edition with work OL15267397W |
August 9, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
April 24, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs. |
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