Title: Hold It! Women in Television Adventure Series.
Authors: Higashi, Sumiko
Abstract: The article presents a critical look on the significance/role of women in television adventure series. Primarily, the study is a visual analysis of the main title or credit sequence and an episode of the three series "Police Woman," "Bionic Woman," and "Wonder Woman" as the basis for generalizations about women in action/adventure shows. Some reference is made to the most successful crime drama starring women "Charlie's Angles." The author opines that women as heroines of this series encountered serious problems functioning in the male world of violence, but they were further handicapped by having to double as pin-ups.
Subjects: WOMEN on television; ACTION & adventure television programs; ADVENTURE stories; POLICE Woman (TV program); BIONIC Woman, The (TV program); WONDER Woman (TV program); WOMEN heroes; MASS media
Publication: Journal of Popular Film & Television, 1980, Vol 8, Issue 3, p26
ISSN: 0195-6051
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1080/01956051.1980.10661871

Hold It! Women in Television Adventure Series.

Higashi, Sumiko