Holy adolescence, Batman! This book offers the first character history and analysis of the most famous superhero sidekick, Robin. It partners up comics studies and adolescent studies as a new Dynamic Duo, revealing the Boy (and sometimes Girl!) Wonder as a complex figure through whom mainstream culture has addressed anxieties about American teens.
Holy adolescence, Batman! This book offers the first character history and analysis of the most famous superhero sidekick, Robin. It partners up comics studies and adolescent studies as a new Dynamic Duo, revealing the Boy (and sometimes Girl!) Wonder as a complex figure through whom mainstream culture has addressed anxieties about American teens. Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
LAUREN R. O'CONNOR holds a doctorate in American Culture Studies from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio and a master of arts in Counseling and Human Services. She is based in Batavia, Illinois. She is a licensed adolescent counselor and studies the history of the American teenager and has published in the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, the Journal of Popular Culture, and contributed a chapter to Uncanny Bodies: Superhero Comics and Disability.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Chapter One The Secret Origins of Adolescence Chapter Two Robin, Nightwing, Batman: The Shifting Sexuality of Dick Grayson Chapter Three Girls Wonder: Young Female Robins in the Modern Age of Comics Chapter Four Mixed Signals: Adolescence, Race, and Robin Chapter Five The Sidekick on Screen: Images of Robin in Television and Film Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
Introduction Chapter One The Secret Origins of Adolescence Chapter Two Robin, Nightwing, Batman: The Shifting Sexuality of Dick Grayson Chapter Three Girls Wonder: Young Female Robins in the Modern Age of Comics Chapter Four Mixed Signals: Adolescence, Race, and Robin Chapter Five The Sidekick on Screen: Images of Robin in Television and Film Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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