Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology

by Jennifer K. Stuller

Book Overview

From "Wonder Woman" to Buffy Summers, Emma Peel to Sydney Bristow, "Charlie's Angels" to "The Powerpuff Girls", Superwomen are more than just love interests or sidekicks who stand by their Supermen. In her new book, Stuller shows how the female hero in modern mythology has broken through the boy's club barrier of tradition and reveals the pivotal role of high-heeled crime fighters in popular culture.Featuring spies and sexuality, daddy's girls and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845119657
• ISBN13: 9781845119652
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

a MUST HAVE for anyone who loves women superheroes

I am someone who thinks a lot about how comics, television, and movies shape how our culture sees itself and the higher wishes we may have for ourselves. Stuller's book is the something I didn't know I needed until I got it. This is a great historical social commentary. Chapter one starts with Wonder Woman and places her in her author's original historical context, and then she touches on just about every great (and silly) female super hero from the 1940s to the 2000s. Reading this book made me feel like I was a part of a very big family (a feeling I don't often have as a 30-something year old woman who reads comic books). After touching on the characters themselves, and how they refelct or inspire the time when they originally appeared, Stuller has an impressive glossary of superwomen with brief biographies,and a recommendation list of books, tv shows, movies, and internet sites to continue your exploration of fantastic women. Whether you are a man or a woman, whether you were inspired by Emma Peel, Lynda Carter, Buffy Summers, or Xena the Warrior Princess -- you will want this book next to your comic book or DVD collection.

It's About Time

I haven't read this book, and I won't have time too, unfortunately, but I must say from what I've read about it several places: This is a book whose time has come!