Pop Feminism: Televised Superheroines from the 1990s to the 2010s

This paper analyses the construction of two superheroines, one from the 1990s (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and one from the 2010s (Jessica Jones). I contend that popular feminism has changed between the 1990s and the present and that this is evident in the representation of televised superheroines. Wh...

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Main Author: Bercuci Loredana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-12-01
Series:Gender Studies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2017-0017