From: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org (chakram-refugees-digest) To: chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Subject: chakram-refugees-digest V4 #78 Reply-To: chakram-refugees@smoe.org Sender: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk chakram-refugees-digest Thursday, March 18 2004 Volume 04 : Number 078 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [chakram-refugees] Xenawoman remains found in UK ["Mark B." Subject: [chakram-refugees] Xenawoman remains found in UK A friend reminded me that I had not posted this link on Discovery.com regarding a female warrior found in Linconshire, England. This link was dated October of 2003, but I did not remember seeing it posted here before. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20030929/xenawoman.html Mark ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 12:30:50 -0800 From: "Creation (Sharon Delaney)" Subject: [chakram-refugees] Lucy S.T.A.G.E. charity auction items Lucy signed a fan club kit 1-4 and a kit 6 and a photo to be auctioned off for S.T.A.G.E. -- the charity she did the benefit for last weekend. Take a peek and feel free to pass along the info to other lists :) Thanks, Sharon Official Xena Fan Club http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=201&item=4002701230 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=201&item=4002703472 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4002704376 ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:32:10 EST From: KLOSSNER9@aol.com Subject: [chakram-refugees] New Innes book A new book edited by Sherrie A. Inness, titled Action Chicks: New Images of Tough Women in Popular Culture, has been published by Palgrave/St. Martin's, 2004, 240 p., paperback, $16.95. I copied the contents from the library cataloging record--- Boxing Gloves and Bustiers": New Images of Tough Women / Sherrie A. Inness -- Lara's Lethal and Loaded Mission: Transposing Reproduction and Destruction / Claudia Herbst -- Gender, Sexuality, and Toughness: The Bad Girls of Action Film and Comic Books / Jeffrey A. Brown -- "It's a Girl Thing": Tough Female Action Figures in the Toy Store / Sherrie A. Inness -- Embodying an Image: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in La Femme Nikita / Charlene Tung -- Throwing Down the Gauntlet: Defiant Women, Decadent Men, Objects of Power, and Witchblade / David Greven -- The Cruelest Season: Female Heroes Snapped into Sacrificial Heroines / Sara Crosby -- Can No Cage Hold Her Rage? Gender, Transgression, and the World Wrestling Federation's Chyna / Dawn Heinecken -- Tough Love: Mamas, Molls, and Mob Wives / Marilyn Yaquinto -- "Tough Enough": Female Friendship and Heroism in Xena and Buffy / Sharon Ross -- Little Miss Tough Chick of the Universe: Farscape's Inverted Sexual Dynamics / Renny Christopher. ] In 1999, Inness wrote a book on the same subject, Tough Girls: Women Warriors and Wonder Women in Popular Culture, University of Pennsylvania Press, 228 p. contents--- ch. 1. Beyond muscles : what does it mean to be tough? -- ch. 2. Semi-tough : Emma Peel, Charlie's Angels, the Bionic Woman, and other wanna-bes -- ch. 3. Pretty tough : the cult of femininity in women's magazines -- ch. 4. Lady killers : tough enough? -- ch. 5. Tough girl as one of the boys : Jodie Foster, Gillian Anderson, and the threat of masculinity -- ch.6 Tough women in outer space : the final frontier -- ch. 7. Post-Apocalyptic tough girls : has the road warrior met his match? -- ch. 8. Tough girls in comic books : beyond wonder woman -- ch. 9. Tough girl for a new century: Xena, Warrior Princess. ] The 1999 book was written entirely by Inness and the final chapter is on Xena. The 2004 book is edited by Inness, with several contributors. The second-to-the-last chapter, by Sharon Ross, covers Xena and Buffy. Library Journal, March 15, 2004, p. 94, reviewed the new book thus-- Lights! Camera! Action chicks! Lara Croft, Xena and Buffy are but a few of the larger-than-life fictional action heroines of today. In this collection of ten essays, scholars address the prevalence and significance of female acton stars in a variety of media. Edited by Inness (English, Miami University; [author of] The Lesbian Menace), the essays take a look at how recent depictions of women in action films, TV shows, comic books, and video games reflect a changing acceptance of women in traditionally male heroic or tough-guy roles. One intriguing example is the essay by Margaret Yaquinto, which explores the morphing roles of mob wives and girlfriends from innocent, passive bystanders (e.g. The Godfather movies) to aggressive, sassy partners-in-crime (e.g., The Sopranos). Inness' own essay considers the increasing number of female action figures available in toy stores, which may indicate a change in media stereotypes about women. While many of the essays study well-known figures, some discuss more estoeric characters from short-lived TV shows, which may limit the book's appeal. This highly specialized and scholarly study is suitable for university libraries, especially those with gender and media studies collections. -- [reviewed by] Donna Marie Smith, Palm Beach Cty. Library System, FL. Boeotian ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ End of chakram-refugees-digest V4 #78 *************************************