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Author: Jeffrey A. Brown Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi ISBN: 1604737158 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 278
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Dangerous Curves: Action Heroines, Gender, Fetishism, and Popular Culture addresses the conflicted meanings associated with the figure of the action heroine as she has evolved in various media forms since the late 1980s. Jeffrey A. Brown discusses this immensely popular character type, the action heroine, as an example of, and challenge to, existing theories about gender as a performance identity. Her assumption of heroic masculine traits combined with her sexualized physical depiction demonstrates the ambiguous nature of traditional gender expectations and indicates a growing awareness of more aggressive and violent roles for women. The excessive sexual fetishization of action heroines is a central theme throughout. The topic is analyzed as an insight into the transgressive image of the dominatrix, as a reflection of the shift in popular feminism from second-wave politics to third-wave and postfeminist pleasures, and as a form of patriarchal backlash that facilitates a masculine fantasy of controlling strong female characters. Brown interprets the action heroine as a representation of changing gender dynamics that balances the sexual objectification of women with progressive models of female strength. While the primary focus of this study is the action heroine as represented in Hollywood film and television, the book also includes the action heroine's emergence in contemporary popular literature, comic books, cartoons, and video games.
Author: Jeffrey A. Brown Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi ISBN: 1604737158 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 278
Book Description
Dangerous Curves: Action Heroines, Gender, Fetishism, and Popular Culture addresses the conflicted meanings associated with the figure of the action heroine as she has evolved in various media forms since the late 1980s. Jeffrey A. Brown discusses this immensely popular character type, the action heroine, as an example of, and challenge to, existing theories about gender as a performance identity. Her assumption of heroic masculine traits combined with her sexualized physical depiction demonstrates the ambiguous nature of traditional gender expectations and indicates a growing awareness of more aggressive and violent roles for women. The excessive sexual fetishization of action heroines is a central theme throughout. The topic is analyzed as an insight into the transgressive image of the dominatrix, as a reflection of the shift in popular feminism from second-wave politics to third-wave and postfeminist pleasures, and as a form of patriarchal backlash that facilitates a masculine fantasy of controlling strong female characters. Brown interprets the action heroine as a representation of changing gender dynamics that balances the sexual objectification of women with progressive models of female strength. While the primary focus of this study is the action heroine as represented in Hollywood film and television, the book also includes the action heroine's emergence in contemporary popular literature, comic books, cartoons, and video games.
Author: Paco Diaz Publisher: SQP ISBN: 9780865621763 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 64
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Guns, knives, swords, bare-handed or bare-assed -- these ladies are lovely and VERY lethal. A cunning collection of deadly divas being showcased by artists Paco Diaz, Rafa Lopez, and Jose Manuel. Non-stop beat-downs and furious fighting, all while looking good doing it is the hallmark of these honeys, with a blending of those two American favourites -- sex and violence in perfect harmony! If you like your blood sport served up raw and delicious, this is the gallery of guns and gals for you! Kick-ass cover art by Dave Dunstan.
Author: Marysol James Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781484127995 Category : Languages : en Pages : 238
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Jax Hamill is a man who has changed his life - with lots of hard work and even more dumb luck. He's left the hell of his younger and wilder days behind, and now he has a bar, a house, a truck, and a motorcycle. Oh, and all the casual sex in a bar back room that a man like him may desire. Jax lives his carefree life for 'now', and keeps things 'temporary'. At least he did...until she threw everything he thought in to question. Sarah Matthews is a woman who would love to change her life in some ways. By default and sheer bad luck, she juggles a staggering number of responsibilities, both personal and professional. She's single, stressed, and seriously in need of some fun. If only she could escape her overly-scheduled, vanilla life, and cut loose... just for a little while. When Jax and Sarah decide to get together - just temporarily and just for fun - it changes both of their lives for the better. But when a man from Sarah's past returns, it changes everything for the worse. In fact, it couldn't be worse. As Sarah fights to come back to him, Jax is forced to confront the kind of person he was, who he is now, and the kind of man that he wants to be... both for Sarah, and for himself.
Author: Jeffrey A. Brown Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi ISBN: 1496803205 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 373
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Beyond Bombshells analyzes the cultural importance of strong women in a variety of current media forms. Action heroines are now more popular in movies, comic books, television, and literature than they have ever been. Their spectacular presence represents shifting ideas about female agency, power, and sexuality. Beyond Bombshells explores how action heroines reveal and reconfigure perceptions about how and why women are capable of physically dominating roles in modern fiction, indicating the various strategies used to contain and/or exploit female violence. Focusing on a range of successful and controversial recent heroines in the mass media, including Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games books and movies, Lisbeth Salander from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo novels and films, and Hit-Girl from the Kick-Ass movies and comic books, Jeffrey A. Brown argues that the role of action heroine reveals evolving beliefs about femininity. While women in action roles are still heavily sexualized and objectified, they also challenge preconceived myths about normal or culturally appropriate gender behavior. The ascribed sexuality of modern heroines remains Brown's consistent theme, particularly how objectification intersects with issues of racial stereotyping, romantic fantasies, images of violent adolescent and preadolescent girls, and neoliberal feminist revolutionary parables. Individual chapters study the gendered dynamics of torture in action films, the role of women in partnerships with male colleagues, young women as well as revolutionary leaders in dystopic societies, adolescent sexuality and romance in action narratives, the historical import of nonwhite heroines, and how modern African American, Asian, and Latina heroines both challenge and are restricted by longstanding racial stereotypes.
Author: Larry Schnedler Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. ISBN: 1098026861 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 133
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Dangerous Curves warns of the hazards of illicit sex but also gives hope to those caught in its web. "Larry shows us how to live in purity of thought and action, assuring us that the victory Jesus gives over the power of temptation is more than sufficient to keep us from a pit of moral wreckage" Wayne Myers, president, The Great Commission Evangelistic Association. This book alerts readers to the vast array of temptations baiting all believers, especially those in leadership. It outlines various types of sexual aberrations and how to avoid those snares and live a life of moral purity and sexual integrity. Dangerous Curves reminds us that no one is invulnerable to temptation and the possibility of moral failure-no one! You will learn the following: - How to read the warning signs that your moral life is in danger. - How to guard your heart and your marriage from a fatal attraction. - How to discern the influences that can threaten a ministry and a marriage. - How ministries, marriages, and families can be destroyed by one fateful decision. - How to recognize the myths and lies we are prone to believe. - How a spouse can be of invaluable help in avoiding a catastrophe. - The horrendously high price of yielding to sexual sin. - How to navigate the dangerous curves in your spiritual journey. And much more. "This is a must-read for all leaders, those needing restoration, as well as those who want to become effective restorers." Bruce Gunkle, pastor, City of Refuge Christian Fellowship, San Antonio, Texas "I recommend that anyone who aspires to serve in the Kingdom of God, prayerfully read this book." Dr. Stanley A. Black, Missionary Evangelist, Hispanic International Ministries "Thank you, Larry, for shining a bright light on this important topic." Scott Stanek, pastor, Bastrop Christian Outreach Center, Bastrop, Texas
Author: Bret Contreras Publisher: Victory Belt Publishing ISBN: 162860235X Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 782
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This is not your run-of-the-mill fitness book. Developed by world-renowned gluteal expert Bret Contreras, Strong Curves offers an extensive fitness and nutrition guide for women seeking to improve their physique, function, strength, and mobility. Contreras spent the last eighteen years researching and field-testing the best methods for building better butts and shapelier bodies. In Strong Curves, he offers the programs that have proven effective time and time again with his clients, allowing you to develop lean muscle, rounded glutes, and greater confidence. Each page is packed with information decoding the female anatomy, providing a better understanding as to why most fitness programs fail to help women reach their goals. With a comprehensive nutritional guide and over 200 strength exercises, this book gets women off the treadmill and furnishes their drive to achieve strength, power, and sexy curves from head to toe. Although the glutes are the largest and most powerful muscle group in the human body, they often go dormant due to lifestyle choices, leading to a flat, saggy bum. Strong Curves is the cure.
Author: Andy Hartnell Publisher: IDW Publishing ISBN: 9781613774182 Category : Adventure stories Languages : en Pages : 0
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The two most incredible covert action teams the world has ever known -- so covert, in fact, that neither knows the other exists -- are meeting for the first time ever! Repeat: Danger Girl and G.I. JOE, together. Spies! Girls! Ninjas! COBRA!
Author: David Roche Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1350115614 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 380
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Women Who Kill explores several lines of inquiry: the female murderer as a figure that destabilizes order; the tension between criminal and victim; the relationship between crime and expression (or the lack thereof); and the paradox whereby a crime can be both an act of destruction and a creative assertion of agency. In doing so, the contributors assess the influence of feminist, queer and gender studies on mainstream television and cinema, notably in the genres (film noir, horror, melodrama) that have received the most critical attention from this perspective. They also analyse the politics of representation by considering these works of fiction in their contexts and addressing some of the ambiguities raised by postfeminism. The book is structured in three parts: Neo-femmes Fatales; Action Babes and Monstrous Women. Films and series examined include White Men Are Cracking Up (1994); Hit & Miss (2012); Gone Girl (2014); Terminator (1984); The Walking Dead (2010); Mad Max: Fury Road (2015); Contagion (2011) and Ex Machina (2015) among others.
Author: Jeffrey A. Brown Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1317484517 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 190
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Hollywood’s live-action superhero films currently dominate the worldwide box-office, with the characters enjoying more notoriety through their feature film and television depictions than they have ever before. This book argues that this immense popularity reveals deep cultural concerns about politics, gender, ethnicity, patriotism and consumerism after the events of 9/11. Superheroes have long been agents of hegemony, fighting for abstract ideals of justice while overall perpetuating the American status quo. Yet at the same time, the book explores how the genre has also been utilized to question and critique these dominant cultural assumptions.
Author: Elizabeth Thornton Publisher: Bantam ISBN: 055356787X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 462
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Dangerous. Wild. Reckless. Those were the words that passed through Serna Ward’s mind at the moment Julian Raynor entered the gaming Hall. If anyone could penetrate Serena’s disguise as a tart–and jeopardize the political fugitives she was delivering to freedom–it would surely be London’s most notorious gamester. Yet when the militia storms the establishment in search of traitors, Raynor provides just the pretext Serna needs to escape to an upstairs bedroom. But Serena is playing with fire...and before the night is through she will find herself surrendering to the heat of unsuspected desires. Seductive. Fiery. Treacherous. She had used him for her own scheming purposes, then thrown his generous proposition back in his face. Julian Raynor, a man who had ruthlessly enjoyed his share of women, did not much care to have the tables turned on him. And when he discovered that the passionate beauty who had played his wonton prisoner in bed was none other than Serena Ward, the proud daughter of his bitterest enemy, he saw his chance for revenge–not only on the man who had single-handedly destroyed his family but on the woman who haunted his dreams.
Author: Jeffrey A. Brown
Author: Jeffrey A. Brown
Author: Paco Diaz
Author: Marysol James
Author: Jeffrey A. Brown
Author: Larry Schnedler
Author: Bret Contreras
Author: Andy Hartnell
Author: David Roche
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Author: Elizabeth Thornton