Created in 1941 by the psychologist William Marston, Wonder Woman would go on to have one of the longest continuous runs of published comic book adventures in the history of the industry. More than 70 years after her debut, Wonder Woman remains a popular culture icon. Throughout the intervening years many comic book creators have had a hand in guiding her story, resulting in different interpretations of the Amazon Princess. In this collection of new essays, each examines a specific period or storyline from Wonder Woman comic books and analyzes that story in regard to contemporary issues in American society.…mehr
Created in 1941 by the psychologist William Marston, Wonder Woman would go on to have one of the longest continuous runs of published comic book adventures in the history of the industry. More than 70 years after her debut, Wonder Woman remains a popular culture icon. Throughout the intervening years many comic book creators have had a hand in guiding her story, resulting in different interpretations of the Amazon Princess. In this collection of new essays, each examines a specific period or storyline from Wonder Woman comic books and analyzes that story in regard to contemporary issues in American society.
Joseph J. Darowski teaches English at Brigham Young University and has published on comic book superheroes such as the X-Men, Wonder Woman, and Superman as well as on television series such as Chuck and Frasier.
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Table of Contents Introduction William Marston's Feminist Agenda by Michelle R. Finn A Most Thrilling Struggle: Wonder Woman as Wartime and Post-War Feminist by Donna B. Knaff Containing Wonder Woman: Fredric Wertham's Battle Against the Mighty Amazon by Craig This Wonder Woman Comic Books and Military Technology After Sputnik by Lori Maguire Cold War Fantasies: Testing the Limits of the Familial Body by Joan Ormrod Retiring Romance: The Superheroine's Transformation in the 1960s by Francinne Valcour What a Woman Wonders: This Is Feminism? by Jason LaTouche Wonder Woman's Lib: Feminism and the "New" Amazing Amazon by Paul R. Kohl Not Quite Mod: The New Diana Prince, 1968-1973 by Peter W. Lee The Near-Awakening of Diana Prince by W. C. Bamberger "I No Longer Deserve to Belong": The Justice League, Wonder Woman and The Twelve Labors by Joseph J. Darowski "Steve Trevor, Equal?" Wonder Woman in an Era of Second Wave Feminist Critique by Ruth McClelland-Nugent Working Girl: Diana Prince and the Crisis of Career Moves by Matthew J. Smith Backlash and Bracelets: The Patriarch's World, 1986-1992 by D. R. Hammontree The Dark Amazon Saga: Diana Meets the Iron Age by Nicole Freim Super-Wonder: The Man of Steel and the Amazonian Princess as the Ultimate 1990s Power Couple by Jeffrey K. Johnson War, Foreign Policy and the Media: The Rucka Years by Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns Out of the Refrigerator: Gail Simone's Wonder Woman, 2008-2010 by Alison Mandaville Greek, Roman or American? Wonder Woman's Roots in DC's New 52 by John Darowski and Virginia Rush About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Introduction William Marston's Feminist Agenda by Michelle R. Finn A Most Thrilling Struggle: Wonder Woman as Wartime and Post-War Feminist by Donna B. Knaff Containing Wonder Woman: Fredric Wertham's Battle Against the Mighty Amazon by Craig This Wonder Woman Comic Books and Military Technology After Sputnik by Lori Maguire Cold War Fantasies: Testing the Limits of the Familial Body by Joan Ormrod Retiring Romance: The Superheroine's Transformation in the 1960s by Francinne Valcour What a Woman Wonders: This Is Feminism? by Jason LaTouche Wonder Woman's Lib: Feminism and the "New" Amazing Amazon by Paul R. Kohl Not Quite Mod: The New Diana Prince, 1968-1973 by Peter W. Lee The Near-Awakening of Diana Prince by W. C. Bamberger "I No Longer Deserve to Belong": The Justice League, Wonder Woman and The Twelve Labors by Joseph J. Darowski "Steve Trevor, Equal?" Wonder Woman in an Era of Second Wave Feminist Critique by Ruth McClelland-Nugent Working Girl: Diana Prince and the Crisis of Career Moves by Matthew J. Smith Backlash and Bracelets: The Patriarch's World, 1986-1992 by D. R. Hammontree The Dark Amazon Saga: Diana Meets the Iron Age by Nicole Freim Super-Wonder: The Man of Steel and the Amazonian Princess as the Ultimate 1990s Power Couple by Jeffrey K. Johnson War, Foreign Policy and the Media: The Rucka Years by Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns Out of the Refrigerator: Gail Simone's Wonder Woman, 2008-2010 by Alison Mandaville Greek, Roman or American? Wonder Woman's Roots in DC's New 52 by John Darowski and Virginia Rush About the Contributors Index
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