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Contributions by: Marleen S. Barr, Shiloh Carroll, Sarah Gray,
Elyce Rae Helford, Michael R. Howard II, Ewan Kirkland, Nicola
Mann, Megan McDonough, Alex Naylor, Rhonda Nicol, Joan Ormrod, J.
Richard Stevens, Tosha Taylor, Katherine A. Wagner, and Rhonda V.
Wilcox. Although the last three decades have offered a growing body
of scholarship on images of fantastic women in popular culture,
these studies either tend to focus on one particular variety of
fantastic female (the action or sci-fi heroine), or on her role in
a specific genre (villain, hero, temptress). This edited collection
strives to define the ""Woman Fantastic"" more fully. The Woman
Fantastic may appear in speculative or realist settings, but her
presence is always recognizable. Through futuristic contexts,
fantasy worlds, alternate histories, or the display of superpowers,
these insuperable women challenge the laws of physics, chemistry,
and/or biology. In chapters devoted to certain television programs,
adult and young adult literature, and comics, contributors discuss
feminist negotiation of today's economic and social realities.
Senior scholars and rising academic stars offer compelling analyses
of fantastic women from Wonder Woman and She-Hulk to Talia Al Ghul
and Martha Washington; from Carrie Vaughn's Kitty Norville series
to Cinda Williams Chima's The Seven Realms series; and from
Battlestar Gallactica's female Starbuck to Game of Thrones's Sansa
and even Elaine Barrish Hammond of USA's Political Animals. This
volume furnishes an important contribution to ongoing discussions
of gender and feminism in popular culture.
Although the last three decades have offered a growing body of
scholarship on images of fantastic women in popular culture, these
studies either tend to focus on one particular variety of fantastic
female (the action or sci-fi heroine), or on her role in a specific
genre (villain, hero, temptress). This edited collection strives to
define the ""Woman Fantastic"" more fully. The Woman Fantastic may
appear in speculative or realist settings, but her presence is
always recognizable. Through futuristic contexts, fantasy worlds,
alternate histories, or the display of superpowers, these
insuperable women challenge the laws of physics, chemistry, and/or
biology. In chapters devoted to certain television programs, adult
and young adult literature, and comics, contributors discuss
feminist negotiation of today's economic and social realities.
Senior scholars and rising academic stars offer compelling analyses
of fantastic women from Wonder Woman and She-Hulk to Talia Al Ghul
and Martha Washington; from Carrie Vaughn's Kitty Norville series
to Cinda Williams Chima's The Seven Realms series; and from
Battlestar Gallactica's female Starbuck to Game of Thrones's Sansa
and even Elaine Barrish Hammond of USA's Political Animals. This
volume furnishes an important contribution to ongoing discussions
of gender and feminism in popular culture.
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