Lucy Gray Baird and Katniss Everdeen : representation of women in Hunger Games
Vol.51,No.1(2025)
Mariia Karacheva
Martina Juričková
comparative analysis; feminist analysis; The Hunger Games; The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes; female heroines; Katniss Everdeen; Lucy Gray Baird
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