When Thelma and Louise outfought the men who had tormented them, women across America discovered what male fans of action movies have long known—the empowerin

When Thelma and Louise outfought the men who had tormented them, women across America discovered what male fans of action movies have long known—the empowerin

Looks at how violent women characters disrupt cinematic narrative and challenge cultural ideals.

Addressing areas such as genre, film history and style, action and spectacle, stars and bodies, action auteurs and the film industry, the reader covers both Hol