Description: v, 140 leaves ; 30 cm. Notes: "March 2007". University of Otago department: Anthropology. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Otago. Includes bibliographical references.When a woman gains a foothold as a hero, as a warrior or tough woman in popular culture, the gender order is threatened. For the warrior woman's identity to be legitimated she must perform a coherent subjectivity that negotiates femininity and toughness without appearing to be a pseudo-male or a bimbo (sex object). This study investigates the influence of female heroes in popular culture in New Zealand from the emergence of Wonder Woman in comic book form since World War II up to and including warrior women in twenty- first century popular culture: Xena, Buffy, Aeon Fl...
This thesis delves into the surprisingly uniform treatment of the female character in comic storytel...
Most superhero films are identical to a man who has a strong masculine image. However, Wonder Women...
textHero characters and their narratives serve as important sites for negotiating a culture’s values...
In this thesis, I will examine popular culture, particularly comic books, not as either/or products ...
Wonder Woman is a superhero film originating from the United States in 2017. The focus of this resea...
The purpose of my research concerning the super heroine Wonder Woman is to identify the circumstance...
This paper explores how the warrior woman trope in western culture, as portrayed in late 20th cent...
Wonder Woman (1975 – 1979), Xena: Warrior Princess (1995 – 2001), and Wonder Woman (2017) are films ...
This study argues that comic book publishers, editors, writers, artists, and fans imposed multiple l...
In a favourite mythological motif of the Greeks, the Amazons fought many of the most celebrated Gree...
This volume presents women warriors and hero cults from a number of cultures since the early modern ...
Wonder Woman, an Amazonian princess and superheroine who has been inspiring women since her comic de...
In today’s global society, the mediums in which cultural iconography are portrayed are mostly film, ...
This dissertation explores the character of Wonder Woman as a symbol of female empowerment through i...
DC Comics has existed through the first, second, and third waves of feminism, publishing popular fem...
This thesis delves into the surprisingly uniform treatment of the female character in comic storytel...
Most superhero films are identical to a man who has a strong masculine image. However, Wonder Women...
textHero characters and their narratives serve as important sites for negotiating a culture’s values...
In this thesis, I will examine popular culture, particularly comic books, not as either/or products ...
Wonder Woman is a superhero film originating from the United States in 2017. The focus of this resea...
The purpose of my research concerning the super heroine Wonder Woman is to identify the circumstance...
This paper explores how the warrior woman trope in western culture, as portrayed in late 20th cent...
Wonder Woman (1975 – 1979), Xena: Warrior Princess (1995 – 2001), and Wonder Woman (2017) are films ...
This study argues that comic book publishers, editors, writers, artists, and fans imposed multiple l...
In a favourite mythological motif of the Greeks, the Amazons fought many of the most celebrated Gree...
This volume presents women warriors and hero cults from a number of cultures since the early modern ...
Wonder Woman, an Amazonian princess and superheroine who has been inspiring women since her comic de...
In today’s global society, the mediums in which cultural iconography are portrayed are mostly film, ...
This dissertation explores the character of Wonder Woman as a symbol of female empowerment through i...
DC Comics has existed through the first, second, and third waves of feminism, publishing popular fem...
This thesis delves into the surprisingly uniform treatment of the female character in comic storytel...
Most superhero films are identical to a man who has a strong masculine image. However, Wonder Women...
textHero characters and their narratives serve as important sites for negotiating a culture’s values...
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