Post-feminist impasses in popular heroine television : the Persephone complex /: the Persephone complex. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alison Horbury.
• Authors: Horbury, Alison, 1979-
• Contents: Introduction - Why Persephone?; 1.The Myth of Persephone & The Hymn to Demeter; 2.Persephone in Heroine Television: The Post-feminist Impasse; 3. Persephone as Narrative Symptom: Narrative Transactions in Long-form Viewership; 4.Persephone as Epistemological Impasse: The Real Body of Sydney Bristow and 'The Woman Here Depicted'; 5.Persephone as Methodological Impasse: Feminine Jouissance in Veronica's 'Two Stories'; 6.Persephone as Historical Impasse: 'Confrontation and Accommodation' of the Post-feminist Heroine; Conclusion - The Persephone Complex
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 791.436522; Women on television; Heroines on television; Sex role on television; Feminism; Gender Studies; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Society & social sciences; Media studies; On television
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137511386; 1137511389
• Related ISBNs: 9781137511362
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.