Gender and the Action Heroine: Hardbodies and the "Point of No Return"

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Authors and Corporations: Brown, Jeffrey A.
In: Cinema Journal, 35, 1996, 3, p. 52-71
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University of Texas Press
Media Type: Article, E-Article

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Physical Description: 52-71
ISSN: 0009-7101
1527-2087
published in: Cinema Journal
Language: English
Collection: sid-55-col-jstoras3
JSTOR Arts & Sciences III Archive
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<p>The figure of the tough heroine in early 1990s action films crosses variable gender boundaries; she is a performance of masculinity in "Aliens" and "Terminator" and is the reinscription of a feminine masquerade in "Point of No Return."</p>