Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on ScreenIncludes chapters that group women warriors into sub-genres. This work features: classic Amazons like Xena and the women of the Conan films; superheroes and their arch enemies such as Wonder Woman, and Batgirl; revenge films such as the Kill Bill movies; Sexploitation and Blaxploitation films such as Coffy and Ilsa; and, others. |
Contents
The Warrior Woman Archetype in Popular Culture | xxi |
Amazons in Hollywood | 7 |
Fur Bikinis and Jungle Love | 17 |
Fantasy Myth and Folklore | 29 |
Haunted and Hunted Monster Killers | 69 |
Superheroes and Their Archenemies | 111 |
Hell Hath No Fury | 203 |
Enter the Dragons | 239 |
Girl Power | 277 |
SuperSleuths Spies and Assassins | 297 |
Sharpshooters of the West | 323 |
Filmography | 351 |
Timeline | 385 |
Major Warrior Woman Movies and Television Series | 389 |
Selected Bibliography | 393 |
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