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

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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