Athena's daughters : television's new women warriors

Early, Frances H. (Added Author). Kennedy, Kathleen. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0815629680 (cl. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0815629893 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xvi, 175 p. ; 23 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, c2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-166) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Xena, Warrior Princess -- The baby, the mother, and the empire: Xena as ancient hero / Alison Futrell -- Tall, dark, and dangerous: Xena, the quest, and the wielding of sexual violence in Xena on-line fan fiction / Helen Caudill -- Love is the battlefield: the making and the unmaking of the just warrior in Xena, Warrior Princess / Kathleen Kennedy -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- The female just warrior reimagined: from Boudicca to Buffy / Frances Early -- "If you're not enjoying it, you're doing something wrong": textual and viewer constructions of Faith, the Vampire Slayer / Sue Tjardes -- "Action, chicks, everything": on-line interviews with male fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Lee Parpart -- Buffy? she's like me, she's not like --she's Rad / Vivian Chin -- La femme Nikita -- "The most powerful weapon you have": warriors and gender in La femme Nikita / Laura Ng -- Star trek: Voyager -- We who are Borg, are we Borg? / Edrie Sobstyl.