Feminist heroines for our times: Screening the Amazon Warrior in Wonder Woman (1975 – 1979), Xena: Warrior Princess (1995 – 2001) and Wonder Woman (2017)

Wonder Woman (1975 – 1979), Xena: Warrior Princess (1995 – 2001), and Wonder Woman (2017) are films all feature a female action hero alongside Amazon characters based on the Amazons from Greek mythology. This paper discusses the pilot episode of Wonder Woman from 1975, the Xena: Warrior Princess epi...

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Main Author: Amanda Potter
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universität Potsdam 2018-11-01
Series:thersites. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date
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Online Access:https://www.thersites-journal.de/index.php/thr/article/view/85