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Caged Heat
The (R)evolution of Women-in-Prison Films
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Suzanna Danuta Walters
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Illustrations vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- What’s a Mean Woman like You Doing in a Movie like This? 1
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Part I: Genre Films
- “If Her Stunning Beauty Doesn’t Bring You to Your Knees, Her Deadly Drop Kick Will” 27
- If Looks Could Kill 52
- The Gun and the Badge 78
- Caged Heat 106
- Sharon Stone’s (An)Aesthetic 124
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Part II: New Bonds and New Communities
- Sometimes Being a Bitch Is All a Woman Has to Hold On To 147
- Waiting to Set It Off 172
- The Gun-in-the-Handbag, a Critical Controversy, and a Primal Scene 200
- Action Heroines and Female Viewers 219
- Imagined Violence/Queer Violence 244
- About the Contributors 267
- Index 271
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Illustrations vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- What’s a Mean Woman like You Doing in a Movie like This? 1
-
Part I: Genre Films
- “If Her Stunning Beauty Doesn’t Bring You to Your Knees, Her Deadly Drop Kick Will” 27
- If Looks Could Kill 52
- The Gun and the Badge 78
- Caged Heat 106
- Sharon Stone’s (An)Aesthetic 124
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Part II: New Bonds and New Communities
- Sometimes Being a Bitch Is All a Woman Has to Hold On To 147
- Waiting to Set It Off 172
- The Gun-in-the-Handbag, a Critical Controversy, and a Primal Scene 200
- Action Heroines and Female Viewers 219
- Imagined Violence/Queer Violence 244
- About the Contributors 267
- Index 271
