Superheroes and Masculinity

Unmasking the Gender Performance of Heroism
Herausgeber: Parson, Sean; Schatz, J. L.

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Produktbeschreibung

Superheroes and Masculinity examines how heteropatriarchal representations of gender are both perpetuated and challenged within the superhero genre. This collection critiques stereotypical portrayals of hegemonic masculinity and explores queer alternatives to such formulations within superhero comics, film, and television.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781498591492
• ISBN-10: 1498591493
• Artikelnr.: 57576114

Autorenporträt

Sean Parson is assistant professor of politics and international affairs at Northern Arizona University. JL Schatz is director of speech and debate at Binghamton University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: Deconstructing the Hero-Sidekick Bromance: Foggy, Kato, and
the Masculine Performance of Friendship Ryan Cheek and Anne Bialowas
Chapter Two: If She Be Worthy: Performance of Female Masculinity and Toxic
Geek Masculinity in Jason Aaron's Thor: The Goddess of Thunder Hailey J.
Austin Chapter Three: Witches and Witchbreed in Marvel 1602 Kevin Cummings
Chapter Four: The Joker's Dionysian Philosophy of Gender and Sexuality in
The Dark Knight Jacob Murel Chapter Five: There are Different Ways of Being
Strong: Steven Universe and Developing a Caring Superhero Masculinity Edgar
Sandoval, Julian Barr, and David J. Roberts Chapter Six: There Must Always
be a Thor: Marvel's Thor the Goddess of Thunder and the Disruption of
Heroic Masculinities Kiera M Gaswint and Jeff Brown Chapter Seven:
Poisoning Masculinity: Poison Ivy as a Counter-Narrative of Villainy and
Trauma through Representations of Queer Love in DC's Everyone Loves Ivy TJ
Buttgereit, Emily Mendelson, and JL Schatz Chapter Eight: The New Teen
Titans for Queer Boys: Emergent Masculinities and Sentimental Superhero
Melodrama in the 1980s Brian Johnson