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Searching for Feminist Superheroes: Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics

Searching for Feminist Superheroes: Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Sam LangsdaleSeries:World Comics and Graphic NonfictionPublish date:2024-09-17Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Texas PressISBN-13:9781477329788ISBN-10:1477329781UPC:9781477329788Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Comics & Graphic Novels, Feminism & Feminist TheorySize:9.10 x 6.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCTX5SZQ9S

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.

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Texas PressISBN-13:9781477329788ISBN-10:1477329781UPC:9781477329788Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Comics & Graphic Novels, Feminism & Feminist TheorySize:9.10 x 6.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCTX5SZQ9S

Sam Langsdale is an independent scholar and the co-editor of Monstrous Women in Comics.


Publisher: University of Texas Press

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