Dangerous Curves: Action Heroines, Gender, Fetishism, and Popular Culture (review)

2012 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-67
Author(s):  
Chelsea McCracken
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Action Heroines

Situating Starbuck: Combative Femininity, Figurative Masculinity, and the Snap

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewan Kirkland
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Science Fiction ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Gender Politics ◽  
Television Series ◽  
Women Warriors ◽  
Battlestar Galactica ◽  
Action Heroine ◽  
Action Heroines ◽  
Action Hero

Ewan Kirkland’s “Situating Starbuck: Combative Femininity, Figurative Masculinity, and the Snap” studies the action heroine in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009) television series. He argues that Starbuck exemplifies a transformation of the 1970s male action hero in post-Alien action adventure science fiction and fantasy, where women warriors increasingly feature as a generic staple. Situating Starbuck in relation to action heroines from film, television, and digital games as well as the academic arguments that circulate them affords an understanding of the gender politics of the character, and the extent to which she challenges dominant representations in popular culture.

Influence of death obsession and anxiety on exposure to popular culture media

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lance C. Garmon ◽  
Meredith Patterson ◽  
Jennifer M. Shultz ◽  
Michael C. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Culture Media

Trauma and dissociation in popular culture

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joyanna L. Silberg ◽  
Anna Salter ◽  
Steven N. Gold
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture
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