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Violent Female Action Characters in Contemporary American Cinema.

This research is a content analysis of violent female action characters (“VFAC”) shown in American action films from 1991 through 2005. The analysis focused on three aspects of VFACs: (1) gender stereotypes, (2) demographics, and (3) quantity and type of violence. Findings showed that 58.6% of VFACs...

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Published in:Sex Roles Vol. 62; no. 11-12; pp. 734 - 747
Main Author: Gilpatric, Katy
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Jun2010
Subjects:
Social role
Social psychology
Social status
Role taking (Sociology)
Role expectation
Film characters
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