“Frustrating Female Heroism: Mixed Messages in Xena, Nikita, and Buffy.”
A Critical Review of Mary Magoulick. “Frustrating Female Heroism:
Mixed Messages in Xena, Nikita, and Buffy.”
Rocío Gavira Domínguez.
In Mary Magoulick. “Frustrating Female Heroism: Mixed Messages in Xena, Nikita, and
Buffy.” Journal of Popular Culture 39 (2006). Mary Magoulick offers a gender study of the mixed messages in Xena: Warrior Princess, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and La Femme Nikita.
She presents her study establishing that the idea holding by different feminist groups about
Xena, Buffy and Nikita, is wrong. Throughout her essay Margoulick argues that the supposed messages about feminism in these shows are indeed, proofs of the prevalence of the power of men over women.
The essay can be divided into 12 parts:
1. Introduction. The apparition of women as protagonist in the TV shows: Xena, Nikita, and
Buffy.
1.1. Introduction to the real meaning of the image of women as heroic females in these shows. Paragraph 1.
1.2. Introduction to Xena: Warrior Princess plot. Paragraph 2.
1.3. Introduction to Buffy the Vampire Slayer plot. Paragraph 3.
1.4. Introduction to La Femme Nikita plot. Paragraph 4.
2. 1990s signified for the apparition of the “power women” in the mainstream television.
Paragraph 5.
2.1. The mainstream media and feminists acclaimed these shows for offering a new image of women. Paragraph 6, 7.
3. Apparition of scholarly societies offering conferences, journals and books related to these shows. Paragraph 8, 9.
3.1. Some of the scholars argues the problem of femininity and sexiness in the women protagonists. Paragraph 10, 11, 12.
4. Xena, Buffy and Nikita controlled and formed by the men or loves of their life. The three female protagonists are abused physically, emotionally and mentally. Paragraph 13, 14.
4.1. Characters who formed Xena. Everyone who seems love Xena is getting into physical battle with her, from his mother to Gabrielle. Paragraph 15, 16, 17,
18.
4.2. Buffy controlled by men: her “watcher” Giles and the vampire Angel.
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Mixed Messages in Xena, Nikita, and Buffy.”
Rocío Gavira Domínguez.
In Mary Magoulick. “Frustrating Female Heroism: Mixed Messages in Xena, Nikita, and
Buffy.” Journal of Popular Culture 39 (2006). Mary Magoulick offers a gender study of the mixed messages in Xena: Warrior Princess, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and La Femme Nikita.
She presents her study establishing that the idea holding by different feminist groups about
Xena, Buffy and Nikita, is wrong. Throughout her essay Margoulick argues that the supposed messages about feminism in these shows are indeed, proofs of the prevalence of the power of men over women.
The essay can be divided into 12 parts:
1. Introduction. The apparition of women as protagonist in the TV shows: Xena, Nikita, and
Buffy.
1.1. Introduction to the real meaning of the image of women as heroic females in these shows. Paragraph 1.
1.2. Introduction to Xena: Warrior Princess plot. Paragraph 2.
1.3. Introduction to Buffy the Vampire Slayer plot. Paragraph 3.
1.4. Introduction to La Femme Nikita plot. Paragraph 4.
2. 1990s signified for the apparition of the “power women” in the mainstream television.
Paragraph 5.
2.1. The mainstream media and feminists acclaimed these shows for offering a new image of women. Paragraph 6, 7.
3. Apparition of scholarly societies offering conferences, journals and books related to these shows. Paragraph 8, 9.
3.1. Some of the scholars argues the problem of femininity and sexiness in the women protagonists. Paragraph 10, 11, 12.
4. Xena, Buffy and Nikita controlled and formed by the men or loves of their life. The three female protagonists are abused physically, emotionally and mentally. Paragraph 13, 14.
4.1. Characters who formed Xena. Everyone who seems love Xena is getting into physical battle with her, from his mother to Gabrielle. Paragraph 15, 16, 17,
18.
4.2. Buffy controlled by men: her “watcher” Giles and the vampire Angel.
Paragraph