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Super bitches and action babes : the female hero in popular cinema, 1970-2006 /

"With actress Pam Grier's breakthroughs in Coffy and Foxy Brown, women entered action, science fiction, war, westerns and martial arts films--genres that had previously been considered the domain of male protagonists. This ground-breaking cinema is still viewed with ambivalence. This work...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Schubart, Rikke
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2007]
Subjects:	Women heroes in motion pictures.
Online Access:	Table of contents only

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