Hollywood Divas, Indie Queens, and TV Heroines offers an entertaining and critical look at the representation of women in recent movies. Written in a refreshingly accessible style, the book analyzes over thirty box-office hits. The authors explore the screen personae of top stars such as Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Meg Ryan, and Renée Zellweger, as well as independent movie queens like Parker Posey and TV heroines like Sarah Michelle Gellar of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A must-read book for all film buffs who are tired of the mixed gender messages of mainstream culture.

"Susanne Kord and Elisabeth Krimmer… have plunged into the pool of films from the 1900s and the first decade of this century to uncover the secrets of the modern representation of women on screen. The result is illuminating…and in the hands of these two talented writers, often very funny. It is rare to find an academic book that is prepared to make such unashamed value judgments." - Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Spring 2010