<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This paper analyses the construction of two superheroines, one from the 1990s (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and one from the 2010s (Jessica Jones). I contend that popular feminism has changed between the 1990s and the present and that this is evident in the representation of televised superheroines. While in the 1990s superheroines were more conformist, today they are more transparent in their feminist intentions. I suggest that this is due to contemporary cultural trends in the United States.</p></abstract>

This paper analyses the construction of two superheroines, one from the 1990s (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and one from the 2010s (Jessica Jones). I contend that popular feminism has changed between the 1990s and the present and that this is evident in the representation of televised superheroines. While in the 1990s superheroines were more conformist, today they are more transparent in their feminist intentions. I suggest that this is due to contemporary cultural trends in the United States.

Pop Feminism: Televised Superheroines from the 1990s to the 2010s

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Gender Studies

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This paper analyses the construction of two superheroines, one from the 1990s (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and one from the 2010s (Jessica Jones). I contend that...

Pop Feminism: Televised Superheroines from the 1990s to the 2010s

Published Online: Mar 14, 2017

Page range: 252 - 269

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2017-0017

Keywords
Buffy, girl power, Jessica Jones, postfeminism, rape culture

© by Loredana Bercuci

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Pop Feminism: Televised Superheroines from the 1990s to the 2010s

Published Online: Mar 14, 2017

Page range: 252 - 269

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2017-0017

KeywordsBuffy, girl power, Jessica Jones, postfeminism, rape culture

© by Loredana Bercuci

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Buffy, girl power, Jessica Jones, postfeminism, rape culture