The Digital Woman: Action Women in the Cyberage (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781978336186)

The highly feminine bombshell persona has long been a fixture in Hollywood entertainment and a perpetuator of traditional gender roles-until now. The cyber age and digital media have not only altered functions and aesthetics of modern technology but also the way women are presented in cinematic productions. Whether in film, in television, or in video games, a new archetype is taking shape: the action female protagonist.

Orit Fussfeld Cohen, PhD, a researcher of novel aesthetics in digital films, discusses the connection between viewers' shifting cultural perceptions and cinematic manifestations of female heroism in action and adventure presentations.

Although female characters have gained empowering attributes in the past, The Digital Woman describes how computer technology portrays revolutionary depictions of women proving to be equal or superior rather than passive and submissive. Female heroines now show proficiency regarding power, knowledge, technology, intellect, and morality, overcoming physical challenges predominately mastered only by male counterparts.

Additionally, The Digital Woman explains the changes in action female depictions in films and video games by the breakdown of traditional hierarchies in digital presentations, which has led to digital-woman innovative nature. The study methodically analyzes these portrayals and exemplifies them by numerous cinematic productions such as Lara Croft, Resident Evil, The Matrix, on Flux, The Terminator, The Hunger Games, and Game of Thrones franchises, while assessing their long-term effects on social and cultural reality.