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Post-feminist impasses in popular heroine television : the Persephone complex / Alison Horbury, University of Melbourne, Australia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horbury, Alison, 1979- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Persephone (Greek deity)--On television.
- Persephone.
- Women on television.
- Heroines on television.
- Sex role on television.
- Feminism.
- Women heroes on television.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 217 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Why Persephone?
- 1. The myth of Persephone and The hymn to Demeter
- 2. Persephone in heroine television: The post-feminist Impasse
- 3. Persephone as narrative symptom: narrative transactions in long-form viewership
- 4. Persephone as epistemological impasse: the real body of Sydney Bristow and 'The woman here depicted'
- 5. Persephone as methodological impasse: feminine jouissance in Veronica's 'Two stories'
- 6. Persephone as historical impasse: 'Confrontation and accommodation' of the post-feminist heroine
- Conclusion : The Persephone complex.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-206) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781137511379 (electronic bk.)
- 1137511370 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 90104243295
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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