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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"villainesses"”.
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Bellicose Beauties: Villainesses, Gender Transgression, and Martial Drama in Beijing, 1774-1911
… and performances of female warriors and villainesses in vernacular martial plays, with a special focus on the Beijing theatre during the second half of the Qing dynasty (1774-1911) when miscellaneous local performing arts (Flowery operas) flourished in the city. The visual-audio effect of …
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Jezebel's Daughters: A Study of Wilkie Collins and His Female Villains
… his most powerful feminine creations: his villainesses. Although this focus is somewhat limited, it allows for a detailed analysis of the development of Collins's attitudes towards powerful women from the beginning to the end of his career. It examines the relationship between Collins's …
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Whoever Said Change Was Good: The Transforming Body of the Disney Villainess
… on how the bodies and movement of Disneys villainesses reflect and/or perpetuate cultural imaginaries of women. I identify the influence of several cultural tropes of femininity, including fairy-tale archetypes, ballet conventions, and the Hollywood femme fatale, and explore how they …