Yvonne Tasker
Yvonne Tasker is Professor of Media and Communication at the University of Leeds, UK. She is the author and editor of several books exploring popular film and media including: The Hollywood Action and Adventure Film (2015), Gendering the Recession: Media Culture in the Age of Austerity (with Diane Negra, 2014), Soldiers' Stories: military women in cinema and television since WWII (2011), Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of Popular Culture (with Diane Negra, 2007), Action and...See more
Yvonne Tasker is Professor of Media and Communication at the University of Leeds, UK. She is the author and editor of several books exploring popular film and media including: The Hollywood Action and Adventure Film (2015), Gendering the Recession: Media Culture in the Age of Austerity (with Diane Negra, 2014), Soldiers' Stories: military women in cinema and television since WWII (2011), Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of Popular Culture (with Diane Negra, 2007), Action and Adventure Cinema (2004), Working Girls: Gender and Sexuality in Popular Cinema (1998), Spectacular Bodies: Gender, Genre and the Action Cinema (1993 See less
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