Searching for Feminist Superheroes

Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics

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de Sam Langsdale

Type: Studies
Sujet: Sociology
Mots Clés: gender, superheroes, comics, sexuality, Marvel
Année d'édition: 2024 (September 17, 2024)
Editeur: University of Texas Press
Collection: World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction
Langue: anglais

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Hardcover • 240 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4773-2978-8

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Description de l'ouvrage:
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 toward 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.

À propos de l'auteur :
Sam Langsdale is an independent scholar and the co-editor of Monstrous Women in Comics.

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