Patricia Di Risio is Lecturer in Media Communications and Screen Studies at at Monash College, Monash University Pathways, Australia. Her writing has featured in Transmedia and Public Representation edited by Perez Riedel (2021), Critical Perspectives on Gender and Sport edited by Curtis Fogel (2018), and Silent Women; Pioneers of Cinema edited by Melody Bridges & Cheryl Robson (2016).

DiRisio provides a thoughtful examination of how media feminisms and shifting understandings of gender essentialism shaped genre films in the 1990s. Through an analysis of key Hollywood films, this book encourages readers to grapple with the legacy of iconic female protagonist like Thelma and Louise, Jackie Brown and Ellen Ripley for their respective genres.

• Introduction 1. Police Drama - Blue Steel (Kathryn Bigelow 1990) 2. Road Movie - Thelma & Louise (Ridley Scott 1991) 3. The Western - The Quick and the Dead (Sam Raimi 1995) 4. Neo Noir - Bound (Lilly & Lana Wachowski 1996) 5. The War film - G.I. Jane (Ridley Scott 1997) 6. Crime Thriller - Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino 1997) 7. Sci-Fi/ Horror - Alien: Resurrection (Jean-Pierre Jeunet 1997) Conclusion

Patricia Di Risio is Lecturer in Media Communications and Screen Studies at at Monash College, Monash University Pathways, Australia. Her writing has featured in Transmedia and Public Representation edited by Perez Riedel (2021), Critical Perspectives on Gender and Sport edited by Curtis Fogel (2018), and Silent Women; Pioneers of Cinema edited by Melody Bridges & Cheryl Robson (2016).

DiRisio provides a thoughtful examination of how media feminisms and shifting understandings of gender essentialism shaped genre films in the 1990s. Through an analysis of key Hollywood films, this book encourages readers to grapple with the legacy of iconic female protagonist like Thelma and Louise, Jackie Brown and Ellen Ripley for their respective genres.

• Introduction 1. Police Drama - Blue Steel (Kathryn Bigelow 1990) 2. Road Movie - Thelma & Louise (Ridley Scott 1991) 3. The Western - The Quick and the Dead (Sam Raimi 1995) 4. Neo Noir - Bound (Lilly & Lana Wachowski 1996) 5. The War film - G.I. Jane (Ridley Scott 1997) 6. Crime Thriller - Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino 1997) 7. Sci-Fi/ Horror - Alien: Resurrection (Jean-Pierre Jeunet 1997) Conclusion

Patricia Di Risio is Lecturer in Media Communications and Screen Studies at at Monash College, Monash University Pathways, Australia. Her writing has featured in Transmedia and Public Representation edited by Perez Riedel (2021), Critical Perspectives on Gender and Sport edited by Curtis Fogel (2018), and Silent Women; Pioneers of Cinema edited by Melody Bridges & Cheryl Robson (2016).

DiRisio provides a thoughtful examination of how media feminisms and shifting understandings of gender essentialism shaped genre films in the 1990s. Through an analysis of key Hollywood films, this book encourages readers to grapple with the legacy of iconic female protagonist like Thelma and Louise, Jackie Brown and Ellen Ripley for their respective genres.

• Introduction 1. Police Drama - Blue Steel (Kathryn Bigelow 1990) 2. Road Movie - Thelma & Louise (Ridley Scott 1991) 3. The Western - The Quick and the Dead (Sam Raimi 1995) 4. Neo Noir - Bound (Lilly & Lana Wachowski 1996) 5. The War film - G.I. Jane (Ridley Scott 1997) 6. Crime Thriller - Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino 1997) 7. Sci-Fi/ Horror - Alien: Resurrection (Jean-Pierre Jeunet 1997) Conclusion