@article{694216,
      note = {Includes index.},
      author = {Bajac-Carter, Maja, and Jones, Norma, and Batchelor, Bob,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/694216},
      title = {Heroines of comic books and literature portrayals in  popular culture / [electronic resource] :},
      abstract = {This edited collection offers a variety of perspectives  focusing on representation of women as heroines across  printed media. In addition, the book extends the discussion  of heroines for the broader audience, which provides a much  needed, more nuanced discussion of this topic across  American popular culture. Contributors go beyond the  expected account of women as mothers, wives, warriors,  goddesses, and damsels in distress, to provide innovative  analysis that situates heroines within culture, revealing  them as tough, self-sufficient, and breaking the bounds of  gender expectations in places....},
      recid = {694216},
      pages = {1 online resource (276 pages)},
}