Esther de Dauw

Hot Pants and Spandex Suits

Gender Representation in American Superhero Comic Books

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Produktbeschreibung

Taking a critical look at the gender presentation of DC and Marvel superheroes like Superman, Captain America, Batwoman, Luke Cage, and Storm, Hot Pants and Spandex Suits is a thought-provoking consideration of what superhero comics teach us about identity, embodiment, and sexuality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 953g
• ISBN-13: 9781978806047
• ISBN-10: 1978806043
• Artikelnr.: 59510932

Autorenporträt

ESTHER DE DAUW is a Leicester, UK based comics scholar, who works on superheroes, gender and race. She has published in The Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, contributed a chapter to the edited volume Unstable Masks: Whiteness and American Superhero Comics, and was the primary editor for the collection Toxic Masculinity: Mapping the Monstrous in our Heroes.  

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction   
Chapter 1: White Superheroes and Masculinity          
Chapter 2: The White Female Body
Chapter 3: Gay Characters and Social Progress
Chapter 4: Legacy, Community and the Superhero of Color
Conclusion: The Next Steps 
Bibliography 
Index