Bad Girls and Transgressive Women in Popular Television, Fiction, and Film
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (745 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3319472585 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 289 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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While the existence and prominence of transgressive women has continued uninterrupted, however, attitudes towards them have varied considerably. Today’s popular manifestations include such widely known figures as Lisbeth Salander (the “girl with the dragon tattoo”), The Walking Dead’s Michonne, and the queen bees of teen television series. Perhaps not surprisingly, the initial introduction of women into Western cultural narrative coincides with the introduction of transgressive women. From the Back CoverThis collection of essays focuses on the representations of a variety of “bad girls”women who challenge, refuse, or transgress the patriarchal limits intended to circumscribe themin television, popular fiction, and mainstream film from
At the same time, these essays place feminist/postfeminist analysis in a larger context, entering into ongoing debates about power, equality, sexuality, and gender.. It is those attitudes that are explored in this collection. This collection of essays focuses on the representations of a variety of “bad girls”women who challenge, refuse, or transgress the patriarchal limits intended to circumscribe themin television, popular fiction, and mainstream film from the mid-twentieth century to the present. While the existence and prominence of transgressive women has continued uninterrupted, however, attitudes towards them have varied considerably. Today’s popular manifestations include such widely known figures as Lisbeth Salander (the “girl with the dragon tattoo”), The Walking Dead’s Michonne, and the queen bees of teen television series.
She is author or co-editor of many books of scholarship as well as original poetry, including the monograph Perilous Passages: The Book of Margery Kempe, 1534-1934. Mallory Young, Professor of English at Tarleton State University, USA, has published work on a wide variety of subjects, including European women’s films and popular representations of Marie Antoinette. . She is co-editor of Chick Lit: The New Woman’s Fictio