The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women On-Screen
Author: James Ursini
Format: Paperback, 190mm x 228mm, 903g, 424 pages
Published: Limelight Editions, United States, 2006
"The Modern Amazon" is organised into chapters that group women warriors into sub-genres, e.g., classic Amazons like "Xena" and the women of the Conan films; superheroes and their arch enemies such as "Wonder Woman", "Batgirl", and "Catwoman"; revenge films such as the "Kill Bill" movies; Sexploitation and Blaxploitation films such as "Coffy" and "Ilsa"; Hong Kong cinema and warriors such as Angela Mao, Cynthia Rothrock, and Zhang Ziyi; Sci-fi warriors from "Star Trek", "Blade Runner", and "Star Wars"; supersleuths and spies like the "Avengers" and "Charlie's Angels"; and, Gothic warriors such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and Kate Beckinsale in "Underworld" and "Van Helsing" - and much more.
Dominique Mainon is a writer/researcher, martial arts aficionado, guerrilla artist, and producer for an independent film company. James Ursini is author, co-author, or co-editor of over twenty books on film history, inc. The Vampire Film and The Film Noir Reader series (published by Limelight).
Author: James Ursini
Format: Paperback, 190mm x 228mm, 903g, 424 pages
Published: Limelight Editions, United States, 2006
"The Modern Amazon" is organised into chapters that group women warriors into sub-genres, e.g., classic Amazons like "Xena" and the women of the Conan films; superheroes and their arch enemies such as "Wonder Woman", "Batgirl", and "Catwoman"; revenge films such as the "Kill Bill" movies; Sexploitation and Blaxploitation films such as "Coffy" and "Ilsa"; Hong Kong cinema and warriors such as Angela Mao, Cynthia Rothrock, and Zhang Ziyi; Sci-fi warriors from "Star Trek", "Blade Runner", and "Star Wars"; supersleuths and spies like the "Avengers" and "Charlie's Angels"; and, Gothic warriors such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and Kate Beckinsale in "Underworld" and "Van Helsing" - and much more.
Dominique Mainon is a writer/researcher, martial arts aficionado, guerrilla artist, and producer for an independent film company. James Ursini is author, co-author, or co-editor of over twenty books on film history, inc. The Vampire Film and The Film Noir Reader series (published by Limelight).