The New Female Antihero: The Disruptive Women of Twenty-First-Century US Television

The New Female Antihero examines the hard—edged spies, ruthless queens, and entitled slackers of twenty—first—century television.

The last ten years have seen a shift in television storytelling toward increasingly complex storylines and characters. In this study, Sarah Hagelin and Gillian Silverman zoom in on a key figure in this transformation: the archetype of the female antihero. Far from the sunny, sincere, plucky persona once demanded of female characters, the new female antihero is o...