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Brave Dames and Wimpettes : What Women Are Really Doing on Page and Screen (Library of Contemporary Thought)
Brave Dames and Wimpettes What Women Are Really Doing on Page and Screen - Library of Contemporary Thought
Author: Susan Isaacs
Why are Jane Eyre, Marge Simpson, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer "brave dames"? What makes Ally McBeal, Madame Bovary, and the good wife Beth from Fatal Attraction "wimpettes"? — In this thoroughly witty, incisive look at the role of women on screen and page, Susan Isaacs argues that assertive, ethical women characters are losing ground to wounded,...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780345422811
ISBN-10: 0345422813
Publication Date: 1/19/1999
Pages: 159
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Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
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