Female Action Heroes: A Guide to Women in Comics, Video Games, Film, and Television

This book offers 25 profiles of some of the most popular female action heroes throughout the history of film, television, comic books, and video games.

Female action heroes, like other fictional characters, not only reveal a lot about society, but greatly influence individuals in society. It is no surprise that the gradual development and increase in the number of female action heroes coincides with societal changes and social movements, such as feminism. Nor is it a surprise that characteri...