
Elyce Rae Helford (ed.)
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Published online:
20 September 2018
Published in print:
02 November 2016
Online ISBN:
9781496808752
Print ISBN:
9781496808714
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“Don’t Underestimate Her Ability to Talk, It’s Her Superpower”: Epistemic Negotiation and the Power of Community in Carrie Vaughn’s Kitty Norville Series
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119–131
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Published:November 2016
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Nicol, Rhonda, '“Don’t Underestimate Her Ability to Talk, It’s Her Superpower”: Epistemic Negotiation and the Power of Community in Carrie Vaughn’s Kitty Norville Series', in Elyce Rae Helford, and others (eds), The Woman Fantastic in Contemporary American Media Culture (Jackson, MS , 2016; online edn, Mississippi Scholarship Online, 20 Sept. 2018), https://doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781496808714.003.0007, accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
Rhonda Nicol’s “‘Don’t Underestimate Her Ability to Talk, it’s Her Superpower’: Epistemic Negotiation and the Power of Community in Carrie Vaughn’s Kitty Norville Series” interrogates the action heroine of the urban fantasy genre. By contrast to most authors of the genre, Carrie Vaughn, posits Nicol, highlights her protagonist’s interpersonal skills and community-building abilities, making them equal in value to physical power. The series thus posits a heroine easily identifiable to female urban fantasy readers while she questions the value of toughness for female empowerment.
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Media Studies
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