Athena's Daughters

Examines the complex and controversial relationships between feminism and violence as revealed in popular TV shows featuring women warriors. This book is unique in its critical inquiry into the new woman warrior's appropriation of violence and the Western war narrative. Informed by feminist theoretical debates regarding women's new roles, the authors delve into the meaning of that appropriation for alternative storytelling. To date, television's "ferocious few" have received little scholarly attention. By inviting a variety of perspectives, editors Frances Early and Kathleen Kennedy provide a cutting-edge forum to recognize women's increasing role in popular culture as they are cast as action heroes. As a timely and accessible work, this book will appeal to scholars, feminists, cultural critics, and the general reader.

ISBN 0815629893   Pages 192 ISBN13 9780815629894 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Syracuse University Press   Weight (grammes) 272 Imprint Syracuse University Press   Published in New York Format Paperback   Series title Television S. Publication date 30 Apr 2003   Height (mm) 229 Library of Congress PN1992.8.W   Width (mm) 152 DEWEY 302.2345082   Spine width (mm) 11 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		Foreword: Out Far or In Deep by Rhonda V. Wilcox
		Acknowledgments
		Contributors
1		Introduction: Athena's Daughters by Frances Early and Kathleen Kennedy		1
Pt. 1		Xena, Warrior Princess
2		The Baby, the Mother, and the Empire: Xena as Ancient Hero by Alison Futrell		13
3		Tall, Dark, and Dangerous: Xena, the Quest, and the Wielding of Sexual Violence in Xena On-Line Fan Fiction by Helen Caudill		27
4		Love Is the Battlefield: The Making and the Unmaking of the Just Warrior in Xena, Warrior Princess by Kathleen Kennedy		40
Pt. 2		Buffy the Vampire Slayer
5		The Female Just Warrior Reimagined: From Boudicca to Buffy by Frances Early		55
6		"If You're Not Enjoying It, You're Doing Something Wrong": Textual and Viewer Constructions of Faith, the Vampire Slayer by Sue Tjardes		66
7		"Action, Chicks, Everything": On-Line Interviews with Male Fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Lee Parpart		78
8		Buffy? She's Like Me, She's Not Like Me - She's Rad by Vivian Chin		92
Pt. 3		La Femme Nikita
9		"The Most Powerful Weapon You Have": Warriors and Gender in La Femme Nikita by Laura Ng		105
Pt. 4		Star Trek: Voyager
10		We Who Are Borg, Are We Borg? by Edrie Sobstyl		119
		Notes		135
		Bibliography		155
		Index		167

"Buffy? She's Like Me, She's Not Like Me--She's Rad, "

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