Female Action Hero vs Male Dominance: The Female Representation in Mad Max: Fury Road by Sotirios BAMPATZIMOPOULOS

“…In recent years, female action heroes seem to have conquered the world of cinema, partially satisfying the demand for strong female characters that would elude the voyeurism of what Laura Mulvey famously described as “the male gaze.” …”
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Love challenges by New Straits, Times

“…ACTION hero Adi Putra, newly­ wed Llyana Jasmay and bud­ding entrepreneur Fizo Omar are the main stars in Isyarat Cinta, a new film directed by award­ winning Bade Azmi and produced by Datuk Rosyam Nor through his company RK Screen Sdn Bhd.…”
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Heroes of Nordic Masculinity in Consumer Culture Mythology by Lars Pynt Andersen

“…The hero imagery and mythology in Nordic consumer culture seem to offer culturally specific masculine hero-mythologies: the stay-at-home father (on paternal leave), the nurturing-rebel-action hero, the ironic-anti-hero. Two very distinct examples of advertising are analysed and compared to unpack the Nordic Masculine Hero (and Anti-Hero). …”
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From Brains to Brawn: Changing Masculinity in the Jurassic Park Franchise by Gillian Kelly

“…As Owen Grady, Pratt exemplifies a new generation of twenty-first-century masculine stars: a safer, more “everyday” version of the extreme masculinity of the 1980s action hero and more relatable to audiences. Grady is presented in terms of brawn rather than brains, explicitly positioned as erotic object and the “alpha” male to “beta” Blue, the female leader of the Velociraptor pack he trains; but, as explored, scientists Grant and Malcolm do not fit this type and thrust into the role of dominant male as a necessity for survival.…”
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L’Empire et la Révolution ou Bolivar et son double by Frédérique Langue

“…Bolívar’s life and actions, hero of Latin American Independence Wars and and Venezuela’s « Liberator », gave rise from the nineteenth century onwards to the establishment of a civic religion whose consensual aspect accompanied the forming of the Venezuelan nation, paving the way for the imposition in the long term of an official History based on heroic cult. …”
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A Transgressive Figure or a Puppet of the Patriarchy? The Action Heroine in Atomic Blonde by Dida Syarifa Nursyamsi Hilman, Dadung Ibnu Muktion

“…Nonetheless, major breakthroughs have been made in the action film genre. Female action heroes have begun to be represented as transgressive women who oppose the patriarchal notion that masculine qualities are exclusively for men. …”
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