A Woman Like You? Emma Peel, Xena
Warrior Princess , and the Empowerment of Female Heroes of the Silver Screen
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10193098 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wim Tigges (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 127-146 |
| Publication date | 2017-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Popular Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3840 • E-ISSN: 1540-5931 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jpcu.12527 |
| OpenAlex | W2588454417 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
A WOMAN OF-COURage, of beauty, of action-a woman who could become desperate and yet remain strong, a woman who could become confused, and yet remain intelligent, a woman who could fight back, and yet remain feminine-and you and only you, Emma Peel, had all these qualifications." In these words Z. Z. Von Schnerk, "director, writer, producer and film maker extraordinary," explains to Emma Peel in "Epic," an episode from the 1960s British television series The Avengers, why he has captured her in his studio and made her into the protagonist of what he intends to become his masterpiece. The film is to be a horror movie in the style of 1960s sexploitation, and of Roger Corman's early grindhouse films, and is to end with Emma's violent death
Action (physics · Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Beauty · Courage · Drama · Fantasy · Femininity · Literature · Movie theater · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Theology · Wonder · Cinema and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Philosophy · Psychology · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |