The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women On-Screen (ISBN 0-87910-327-2) is a non-fiction book documenting the evolution of the female action hero in cinema, television and pop-culture.[1]

The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women On-Screen
AuthorDominique Mainon and James Ursini
LanguageEnglish
SubjectFilm history, warrior women, cinema, pop culture
GenreGender studies
PublisherHal Leonard Press/Limelight Editions
Publication date
April 2006 (USA)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages400
ISBN0-87910-327-2
OCLC63703060
Followed byCinema of Obsession: Erotic Fixation and Love Gone Wrong in the Movies 

The Modern Amazons was written by Dominique Mainon and James Ursini and published by Hal Leonard/Limelight Editions in 2006.

Synopsis

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From Barbarella to Barb Wire, the book surveys public reception and interest in the "warrior-woman" and the Amazon archetype in media. The Modern Amazons is written from Mainon's perspective and balanced with academic analysis from James Ursini.[2]

The book explores representations of warrior women in film, television, and pop culture including:

Ursini and Mainon also examine feminist readings and sapphic text and subtext in media such as: the Powerpuff Girls, Tank Girl, G.I. Jane, La Femme Nikita, Alien, Pippi Longstocking, Pepper from Police Woman, and Clarice in The Silence of the Lambs.

Reception

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According to reviewers, The Modern Amazons has "an authoritative style... free of pretension and stuffiness."[5]

References

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  1. ^ Alicia Eler "Women As Warriors" (Windy City Times, July 3, 2007)
  2. ^ Staff - "The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women On-Screen" (Books to Watch Out For: The Lesbian Edition)
  3. ^ J.R. Taylor - Packed, Stacked and on the Attack (Mr. Skin, July 1, 2006)
  4. ^ Mary Cowper - "Reviewer's Bookwatch" (April 2006, Volume 6, Number 4)
  5. ^ Gary Dowell - "B Movie Magic: Celebrating the Silver Screen's Tough Broads and One Mutated Superhero" (Baltimore City Paper, June 7, 2006)

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