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Women Who Kill: Gender and Sexuality in Film and Series of the Post-Feminist Era

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Women Who Kill explores several lines of inquiry: the female murderer as a figure that destabilizes order; the tension between criminal and victim; the relationship between crime and expression ; and the paradox whereby a crime can be both an act of destruction and a creative assertion of agency. In doing so, the contributors assess the influence of feminist, queer and gender studies on mainstream television and cinema, notably in the genres that have received the most critical attention from this perspective. They also analyse the politics of representation by considering these works of fiction in their contexts and addressing some of the ambiguities raised by postfeminism.

The book is structured in three parts: Neo-femmes Fatales; Action Babes and Monstrous Women. Films and series examined include White Men Are Cracking Up ; Hit & Miss ; Gone Girl ; Terminator ; The Walking Dead ; Mad Max: Fury Road ; Contagion and Ex Machina among others.

Pages: 368

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Release: February 20, 2020

ISBN: 1350115592

ISBN 13: 9781350115590

Women Who Kill: Gender and Sexuality in Film and Series of the Post-Feminist Era

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Women Who Kill explores several lines of inquiry: the female murderer as a figure that destabilizes order; the tension between criminal and victim; the relationship between crime and expression ; and the paradox whereby a crime can be both an act of destruction and a creative assertion of agency. In doing so, the contributors assess the influence of feminist, queer and gender studies on mainstream television and cinema, notably in the genres that have received the most critical attention from this perspective. They also analyse the politics of representation by considering these works of fiction in their contexts and addressing some of the ambiguities raised by postfeminism.

The book is structured in three parts: Neo-femmes Fatales; Action Babes and Monstrous Women. Films and series examined include White Men Are Cracking Up ; Hit & Miss ; Gone Girl ; Terminator ; The Walking Dead ; Mad Max: Fury Road ; Contagion and Ex Machina among others.

Pages: 368

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Release: February 20, 2020

ISBN: 1350115592

ISBN 13: 9781350115590

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