"She has to be controlled" : exploring the action heroine in contemporary science fiction cinema

In this dissertation I explore a number of contemporary science fiction franchises in order to ascertain how the figure of the action heroine has evolved throughout her recent history. There has been a tendency in film criticism to view these strong women as ‘figuratively male’ and therefore not ‘re...

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Main Author: Green, Caroline Ann
Other Authors: Neale, Steve
Published: University of Exeter 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.545548