• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: The Heroic Body: Toughness, Femininity and the Stunt Double
  • Contributor: Banks, Miranda J.; Steimer, Lauren
  • Published: SAGE Publications, 2015
  • Published in: The Sociological Review, 63 (2015) 1_suppl, Seite 144-157
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1111/1467-954x.12245
  • ISSN: 0038-0261; 1467-954X
  • Keywords: Sociology and Political Science
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  • Description: <jats:p>This article explores the role of stunt women in film and television production, and considers their contribution to the construction of on-screen action heroines. Combining feminist theory with interviews with professional stunt women, the article illuminates stunt women's strategically hidden professional labour: on the set, on the screen, and in the popular press.</jats:p>