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14 décembre 2021
- doi: 10.4000/books.efr.27862
- isbn: 9782728314935
- eisbn: 9782728314942
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Mathilde van Dijk, « 1) Female warriors: subjectivity, sexuality, and medievalism », Publications de l’École française de Rome, ID : 10.4000/books.efr.27862
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A constant presence in Western imagination since the mythical Amazons, from the 1990s the female warrior rose again: in films, games, and TV series. Often set in a medieval context or in a context in which supposedly medieval horrors such as vampires resurfaced, she (the woman warrior) kicked ass dressed in skimpy clothes and stiletto heels. Moreover, she had sexual relations with men or women or both and stayed independent throughout these adventures. Feminist philosophers and theologians ei...