This book explores how the next generation of teen and young adult heroines in popular culture are creating a new feminist ideal for the 21st century.
• Provides a new roadmap to analyze teen and young-adult heroines in popular culture
• Compares a broad range of strong female characters from a variety of genres and different media
• Addresses compelling philosophical debates about female embodiment and technology in popular culture
• Examines several philosophical arguments about human subjectivity, including posthumanism, with accessible examples