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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.

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