Rikke Schubart
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Rikke Schubart is a Danish
author
and film scholar, who teaches at Institute for Literature, Culture and Media at Syddansk Universitet in Odense
, Denmark
. Her research has focused on American popular cinema after 1970.
She made her literary debut in 1993 with I lyst og død: Fra Frankenstein til splatterfilm, an analysis of the horror genre in film and literature. She has since then written a number of books about horror and action films and about women in films.
Her latest English-language book, Super Bitches and Action Babes: The Female Hero in Popular Cinema, 1970-2006 (McFarland, 2007), has chapters on film stars such as Pam Grier
, Sigourney Weaver
, Meiko Kaji, Cynthia Rothrock
and Milla Jovovich
.
She has also written a children's book, Prinsessen der brokkede sig hele tiden (2005) and a vampire novel, Bid (2008).
Denmark
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and film scholar, who teaches at Institute for Literature, Culture and Media at Syddansk Universitet in Odense
Odense
The city of Odense is the third largest city in Denmark.Odense City has a population of 167,615 and is the main city of the island of Funen...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. Her research has focused on American popular cinema after 1970.
She made her literary debut in 1993 with I lyst og død: Fra Frankenstein til splatterfilm, an analysis of the horror genre in film and literature. She has since then written a number of books about horror and action films and about women in films.
Her latest English-language book, Super Bitches and Action Babes: The Female Hero in Popular Cinema, 1970-2006 (McFarland, 2007), has chapters on film stars such as Pam Grier
Pam Grier
Pamela Suzette "Pam" Grier is an American actress. She became famous in the early 1970s, after starring in a string of moderately successful women in prison and blaxploitation films such as 1974's Foxy Brown. Her career was revitalized in 1997 after her appearance in Quentin Tarantino's film...
, Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver is an American actress. She is best known for her critically acclaimed role of Ellen Ripley in the four Alien films: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection, for which she has received worldwide recognition .Other notable roles include Dana...
, Meiko Kaji, Cynthia Rothrock
Cynthia Rothrock
Cynthia Rothrock is an American martial artist and actress specializing in martial arts films. -Martial arts achievements:Rothrock is five-time World Karate Champion in forms and weapons between 1981 and 1985...
and Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich December 17, 1975)is an American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer. Over her career, she has appeared in a number of science fiction and action-themed films, for which music channel VH1 has referred to her as the "reigning queen of kick-butt".Milla Jovovich began...
.
She has also written a children's book, Prinsessen der brokkede sig hele tiden (2005) and a vampire novel, Bid (2008).