Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Modern Amazons The Modern Amazons Dominique Mainon,James Ursini The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on Screen documents the public's seemingly insatiable fascination with the warrior woman archetype in film and on television. The book examines the cautious beginnin… OL15267397W
Violence in film and television Violence in film and television James D. Torr Discusses issues related to violence in the media, especially the impact that the prevalence of violence has on society. OL19151465W
Espectros Espectros Alberto Ribas-Casasayas,Amanda L. Petersen Espectros is a compilation of original scholarly studies that presents the first volume-length exploration of the spectral in literature, film, and photography of Latin America, Spain, and the Latino… OL19728365W
Fatal Women Fatal Women Lynda Hart In this major contribution to lesbian theory and cultural studies, Lydia Hart explores how the shadow of the lesbian animates representations of violent women in literature, plays, film and performan… OL2692019W
The violent woman The violent woman Hilary Neroni Looks at how violent women characters disrupt cinematic narrative and challenge cultural ideals. In *The Violent Woman*, Hilary Neroni brings psychoanalytically informed film theory to bear on iss… OL5708200W
Our faith in evil Our faith in evil Gregory E. Desilet "The text examines violence in film, analyzing psychological and social effects, the dramatic structure of melodrama and its context in reality"--Provided by publisher. OL5837316W