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Mrs. Miniver's Girls: Plucky Girls in "Hidden Figures," "The Zookeeper's Wife," "Their Finest," and "Colossal"
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Beck, Bernard – Multicultural Perspectives, 2017
Four recent movies, "Hidden Figures," "The Zookeeper's Wife," "Their Finest," and "Colossal" exemplify a new cultural version of the movie heroine. This version combines feminism with commitment to solving an overwhelming problem. These heroines, thus, display the character virtues of Wonder Woman and Mrs.…
Descriptors: Films, Popular Culture, Females, Sex Role