There She Goes Again: Gender, Power, and Knowledge in Contemporary Film and Television Franchises

Author:   Aviva Dove-Viebahn
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
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9781978836112


Pages:   212
Publication Date:   15 December 2023
Recommended Age:   From 18 to 99 years
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There She Goes Again: Gender, Power, and Knowledge in Contemporary Film and Television Franchises


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Author:   Aviva Dove-Viebahn
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781978836112


ISBN 10:   1978836112
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   15 December 2023
Recommended Age:   From 18 to 99 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Why Feminine Intuition?: The Gendering of Knowledge and Power 2. Seriality and ‘Strong Female Characters’: The Double Bind of Women’s Empowerment 3. From Girl Power to Intersectional Sisterhood: Exceptionalism and the Imperatives of Belonging 4. Motherhood and Myth: Inside and Outside the Family Circle 5. At the End of the World: Apocalyptic Bodies and the Feminine Sublime Acknowledgments   Bibliography   Index

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"“Relying on close readings that in turn recognize nuances of media texts, Dove-Viebahn accurately and persuasively enumerates the potentialities and pitfalls of gendered understandings. She brings together media analysis with a serious sense of what is at stake, which is, in short, the contemporary state of feminist thought.”   -- Suzanne Leonard * co-editor of Imagining ""We"" in the Age of ""I"": Romance and Social Bonding in Contemporary Culture * ""For all of us who love our pop-culture wonder women and have wondered about their feminist implications, There She Goes Again asks fearless questions about these characters and offers brilliant insights about their appeal. Aviva Dove-Viebahn explores what female exceptionalism means for super-powered heroines, and as the title suggests, advances timely insights about how we imagine and picture extraordinary women in the postfeminist era.""   -- Linda Mizejewski * author of Hardboiled & High Heeled: The Woman Detective in Popular Culture * ""In an analysis both invigorating and theoretically rigorous, Aviva Dove-Viebahn skillfully deconstructs the age-old dichotomy of feminism versus femininity to produce a nuanced reading of popular culture's mediation of gendered empowerment. This is essential reading for readers interested in gender, media and power, and a valuable contribution to ongoing cultural debates.” -- Miriam Kent * author of Women in Marvel Films *"


"""For all of us who love our pop-culture wonder women and have wondered about their feminist implications, There She Goes Again asks fearless questions about these characters and offers brilliant insights about their appeal. Aviva Dove-Viebahn explores what female exceptionalism means for super-powered heroines, and as the title suggests, advances timely insights about how we imagine and picture extraordinary women in the postfeminist era.""  — Linda Mizejewski, author of Hardboiled & High Heeled: The Woman Detective in Popular Culture ""In an analysis both invigorating and theoretically rigorous, Aviva Dove-Viebahn skillfully deconstructs the age-old dichotomy of feminism versus femininity to produce a nuanced reading of popular culture's mediation of gendered empowerment. This is essential reading for readers interested in gender, media and power, and a valuable contribution to ongoing cultural debates.”— Miriam Kent, author of Women in Marvel Films “Relying on close readings that in turn recognize nuances of media texts, Dove-Viebahn accurately and persuasively enumerates the potentialities and pitfalls of gendered understandings. She brings together media analysis with a serious sense of what is at stake, which is, in short, the contemporary state of feminist thought.”  — Suzanne Leonard, co-editor of Imagining ""We"" in the Age of ""I"": Romance and Social Bonding in Contemporary Culture"


"""Relying on close readings that in turn recognize nuances of media texts, Dove-Viebahn accurately and persuasively enumerates the potentialities and pitfalls of gendered understandings. She brings together media analysis with a serious sense of what is at stake, which is, in short, the contemporary state of feminist thought."" --Suzanne Leonard ""co-editor of Imagining ""We"" in the Age of ""I"" Romance and Social Bonding in Contemporary Culture"""


Author Information

AVIVA DOVE-VIEBAHN is an assistant professor of film and media studies at Arizona State University, as well as a frequent contributor to Ms. magazine and a screenwriter. She is the coeditor of Public Feminisms: From Academy to Community.

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