Post-feminist impasses in popular heroine television : the Persephone complex /: the Persephone complex. (2015)
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- Book
- Title:
- Post-feminist impasses in popular heroine television : the Persephone complex /: the Persephone complex. (2015)
- Main Title:
- Post-feminist impasses in popular heroine television : the Persephone complex
- Further Information:
- Note: Alison Horbury, University of Melbourne, Australia.
- 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:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, N. Y : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 791.43/6522
Women on television
Heroines on television
Sex role on television
Feminism
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
PERFORMING ARTS / Reference
Feminism
Heroines on television
Sex role on television
Women on television
Social Science -- Gender Studies
Social Science -- Feminism & Feminist Theory
Social Science -- Media Studies
Gender studies, gender groups
Feminism & feminist theory
Media studies
Sociology
Feminist theory
Communication
Social Science -- General
Cultural studies
Electronic books
On television - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781137511379
1137511370
9781349569441
1349569445 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781137511362
1137511362 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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