Category Archives: Resources

Bibliography – Journals & Articles

Anchor & Hydrant, Lummi Island, WA. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Anchor & Hydrant, Lummi Island, WA. Photo by Scarlett Messenger

Toosi, Mitra. “A Century of Change: The U.S. Labor Force, 1950–2050.” Monthly Labor Review May (2002): 15-28. Print.

Pennell, Hillary, and Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz. “The Empowering (Super) Heroine? The Effects of Sexualized Female Characters in Superhero Films on Women.” Sex Roles 72.5-6 (2015): 211-20. Web.

Palumbo, Donald. “The Monomyth in James Cameron’s The Terminator: Sarah as Monomythic Heroine.” J Popular Culture The Journal of Popular Culture 41.3 (2008): 413-27. Web.

Dundes, Lauren. “Disney’s Modern Heroine Pocahontas: Revealing Age-old Gender Stereotypes and Role Discontinuity under a Façade of Liberation.” The Social Science Journal 38.3 (2001): 353-65. Web.

Lindsay, Richard. “Menstruation as Heroine’s Journey in Pan’s Labyrinth.” Journal of Religion & Film 16.1 (2012): 1-27. Web.

Williams, Christy. “Who’s Wicked Now? The Stepmother as Fairy-Tale Heroine.” Marvels & Tales 24.2 (2010): 255-71. Web.

Fields, Donna Lee. “Rhymes with ‘Bitch ’: The Real Heroine of Fairy Tales.” EHumanista 26 (2014): 264-86. Web.

Bibliography – Film

Elk Pasture, Birdsview, WA. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Elk Pasture, Birdsview, WA. Photo by Scarlett Messenger

Alien. Dir. Ridley Scott. Perf. Sigourney Weaver. Twentieth-Century Fox, 1979. DVD.

Aliens. Dir. James Cameron. Perf. Sigourney Weaver. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 1986. DVD.

The Cell. Dir. Tarsem Singh. Perf. Jennifer Lopez. New Line Cinema, 2000. DVD.

The Company of Wolves. Dir. Neil Jordan. By Angela Carter. Perf. Sarah Patterson. ITC/Palace, 1985. DVD.

Coraline. Dir. Henry Selick. By Neil Gaiman. Perf. Dakota Fanning. Focus Features, 2009. DVD.

The Descent. Dir. Neil Marshall. Perf. Shauna McDonald. Celador Films, 2006. DVD.

Dogma. Dir. Kevin Smith. Perf. Linda Fiorentino. Cinema Club, 1999. DVD.

The Hunger. Dir. Tony Scott. Perf. Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon. MGM/UA Entertainment Co., 1983. DVD.

Labyrinth. Dir. Jim Henson. Perf. Jennifer Connelly. Henson Associates/Lucasfilm, 1986. DVD.

The Last Unicorn. Dir. Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass. Perf. Mia Farrow. Sunn Classic, 1982. DVD.

Legend. Dir. Ridley Scott. Perf. Mia Sara. Embassy International Pictures, 1985. DVD.

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane. Dir. Nicolas Gessner. Perf. Jodie Foster. Carnelian Productions, 1976. DVD.

MirrorMask. Dir. Dave McKean. Perf. Stephanie Leonidas. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006. DVD.

Pan’s Labyrinth. Dir. Guillermo Del Toro. Perf. Ivana Baquero. Picturehouse, 2006. DVD.

Poltergeist. Dir. Tobe Hooper. Perf. Heather O’Rourke. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1982. DVD.

The Silence of the Lambs. Dir. Jonathan Demme. Perf. Jodie Foster. Orion Pictures Corp., 1990. DVD.

Silent Hill. Dir. Christophe Gans. Perf. Radha Mitchell. TriStar Pictures, 2006. DVD.

Star Wars. Dir. George Lucas. Perf. Carrie Fisher. Twentieth-Century Fox Corp., 1977. DVD.

Tideland. Dir. Terry Gilliam. Perf. Jodelle Ferland. Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios, 2005. DVD.

V for Vendetta. Dir. Andy Wachowski. By Lana Wachowski. Perf. Natalie Portman. Warner Bros., 2005.

Bibliography – Books

Fallen Apple, Lummi Island, WA. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Fallen Apple, Lummi Island, WA. Photo by Scarlett Messenger

Estés, Clarissa Pinkola. Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype. New York: Ballantine, 1992. Print.

Grimm, Jacob, Wilhelm Grimm, and Maria Tatar. The Annotated Brothers Grimm. New York: W.W. Norton, 2004. Print.

Ragan, Kathleen. Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from around the World. New York: W.W. Norton, 1998. Print.

Tatar, Maria. Secrets beyond the Door: The Story of Bluebeard and His Wives. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 2004. Print.

Tatar, Maria. The Hard Facts of the Grimms’ Fairy Tales. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1987. Print.

Zipes, Jack. The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood: Versions of the Tale in Sociocultural Context. South Hadley, MA: Bergin & Garvey, 1983. Print.

Stuller, Jennifer K. Ink-stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology. London: I.B. Tauris, 2010. Print.

Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1972. Print.

Baum, L. Frank, W. W. Denslow, and Michael Patrick. Hearn. The Annotated Wizard of Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. New York: Norton, 2000. Print.

Carroll, Lewis, Lewis Carroll, Martin Gardner, and John Tenniel. The Annotated Alice: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass. New York: C.N. Potter, 1960. Print.

Murdock, Maureen. The Heroine’s Journey. Boston, MA: Shambhala, 1990. Print.

Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales. New York: Knopf, 1976. Print.

Apuleius, and Erich Neumann. Amor and Psyche; the Psychic Development of the Feminine; a Commentary on the Tale by Apuleius. New York: Pantheon, 1956. Print.

Campbell, Joseph, and David Kudler. Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation. Novato, CA: New World Library, 2004. Print.

Larsen, Stephen, and Robin Larsen. A Fire in the Mind: The Life of Joseph Campbell. New York: Doubleday, 1991. Print.

Using The Heroine’s Journey

Mt. Baker, WA. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Mt. Baker, WA. Photo by Scarlett Messenger

Here is an interesting website that provides an excellent guide to interpreting and using The Heroine’s Journey by Maureen Murdock. Very helpful for writers who are interested in how these steps can be applied to their characters.

Using The Heroine’s Journey