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Girl Power in popular culture - 1990s and 2000s pop culture
While it is difficult to locate a beginning point for the Girl Power movement in popular culture during the period of Third-wave feminism, critics have suggested the year 1995 and the influence of Cher in Clueless [7] as well as other films inspired by Jane Austen such as Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, and Sense and Sensibility. In addition, Xena was introduced that year, a figure which would become the subject of numerous scholarly articles.
In 1997, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery appeared, a film which directly positions a parody of Emma Peel within the context of the 1990s. The third film in the series, Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) introduced a parody of many of the Blaxploitation films mentioned above with the character, Foxxy Cleopatra. Quentin Tarantino also pays homage to the Blaxploitation genre with Jackie Brown and the Kill Bill films.
1997 also saw the introduction and consequent popularity of (and scholarship on) Buffy Summers, (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Nikita (La Femme Nikita) and Rose DeWitt Bukater (Titanic).
These characters would soon be emulated in cinema and television (Trinity , Max Guevera/X5-452, Lara Croft, Sydney Bristow, and The Bride), in music, (Brandy, Britney Spears, J.Lo) and in women's sports (Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain, Venus Williams, Serena Williams) [8]. The Dark Angel character, Original Cindy, may have been influenced by characters mentioned in the Blaxploitation films mentioned above.
Girl Power in popular culture - 1995
Adapted from literature to film:
- A Little Princess, - (Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess)
- Clueless - (Jane Austen, Emma)
- Persuasion - (Jane Austen, Persuasion)
- Pride and Prejudice - (Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice)
- The Scarlet Letter - (Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter)
- Sense and Sensibility - (Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility)
- Waiting to Exhale, - Terry McMillan
Adapted from performance to film:
Girl Power in popular culture - 1996
Adapted from literature to film:
- Emma - (Hollywood),(Jane Austen, Emma)
- Emma - (BBC),(Jane Austen, Emma)
- Jane Eyre - (Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre)
Adapted from other mediums:
- Evita - Madonna, (Musical theater)
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, (Archie Comics)
General:
- Moesha/Brandy
- Scream
- Twister
Music:
- Spice Girls release 1st single Wannabe
Girl Power in popular culture - 1997
Adapted from film to television:
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (folklore)
- La Femme Nikita
Adapted from television to film (parody)
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
General
- Jackie Brown
- Titanic, (Historical drama film) - See also Beatrice Wood
- Tomorrow Never Dies
Girl Power in popular culture - 1998
Adapted from literature to film:
- Beloved - (Toni Morrison, Beloved)
- Earth - (Bapsi Sidhwa, Ice-Candy-Man, later published as Cracking India)
Adapted from performance to film:
- Ever After (folklore)
- Mulan, (folklore) [9]
- Spiceworld - The Spice Girls
General:
- Charmed
- Elizabeth, (Historical drama film)
- Felicity
- Powerpuff Girls [10], [11]
Girl Power in popular culture - 1999
Sports and Entertainment:
- Mia Hamm
- Brandi Chastain
- Britney Spears
- J.Lo
- Venus Williams
- Serena Williams
- FIFA Women's World Cup
General:
- Dick
- The Matrix
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Girl Power in popular culture - 2000
Adapted from television to film:
General:
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [12]
- Dark Angel
- Gilmore Girls
Girl Power in popular culture - 2001
Adapted from other mediums:
- Bridget Jones's Diary - Jane Austen and Helen Fielding (Pride and Prejudice)
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, (Computer and video games) [13]
Adapted from performance to film:
General:
- Alias
- Kim Possible
- Legally Blonde
Toys
Girl Power in popular culture - 2002
Adapted from literature to film:
- The Whale Rider - Witi Ihimaera
General:
- Austin Powers in Goldmember
- Die Another Day
- Bend It Like Beckham [15], [16]
- Two Weeks Notice
Girl Power in popular culture - 2003
Girl Power in popular culture - 2004
Adapted from literature to film:
- Bride and Prejudice - (Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice)
General:
- Kill Bill Vol. II
- King Arthur (Historical drama film) [18]
Girl Power in popular culture - 2005
Adapted from literature to film:
- Parineeta - (Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Parineeta)
- Pride and Prejudice - (Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice)
- Their Eyes Were Watching God - (Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God)
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