Chesya Burke

Hero Me Not

The Containment of the Most Powerful Black, Female Superhero

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Produktbeschreibung

Hero Me Not is the first academic study devoted to the superhero Storm and what she means to Black female comics fans. It examines how she is represented as racially exotic yet combines stereotypes of the Mammy and Magical Negro, almost always deploying her immense powers in the service of White characters.  

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 236g
• ISBN-13: 9781978821057
• ISBN-10: 1978821050
• Artikelnr.: 64708382

Autorenporträt

CHESYA BURKE is an assistant professor of English and U.S. literatures and director of Africana studies at Stetson University. Her story collection,  Let's Play White, is being taught in universities around the world.  

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1 Introduction 
2 Sexuality, Subjugation, and Magical Women
3 The "Funnies" as a Discipline
4 Storm: The Comics
5 Storm: The Films
6 Conclusion: Are All Our Heroes Dead?
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Notes
Works Cited
Index