Name: Searching for Feminist Superheroes: Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics (en Inglés)
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Author: Langsdale, Sam
ISBN: 9781477329788

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Searching for Feminist Superheroes: Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Sam Langsdale

Editorial

University of Texas Press

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

240

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Peso

0.45 kg.

ISBN13

9781477329788

Categorías

Estudios literarios: ficción, novelistas y prosistas
Feminismo y teoría feminista
Novela gráfica / cómic: guías y reseñas

Searching for Feminist Superheroes: Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics (en Inglés)

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How superhero narratives in the margins of the mainstream tell innovative, feminist stories. It's no secret that superhero comics and their related media perpetuate a model of a straight, white, male hero at the expense of representing women and other minorities, but other narratives exist. Searching for Feminist Superheroes recognizes that female-led superhero comics, with diverse casts of characters and inclusive storytelling, exist on the margins of the mainstream superhero genre. But rather than focusing on these stories as marginalized, Sam Langsdale's work on heroes such as Spider-Woman, America Chavez, and Ironheart locates the margins as a site of innovation and productivity, which have enabled the creation of feminist superhero texts. Employing feminist and intersectional philosophies in an analysis of these comics, Langsdale suggests that feminist superheroes have the potential to contribute to a social imagination that is crucial in working towards a more just world. At a time when US popular culture continues to manifest as a battleground between oppressive and progressive social norms, Searching for Feminist Superheroes demonstrates that a fight for a better world is worthwhile.