Since her first appearance in 1992, Harley Quinn--eccentric sidekick to the Joker--has captured the attention of readers like few new characters have in eight decades of Batman comics. Her bubbly yet malicious persona has earned her a loyal and growing fan base as she has crossed over into television, theater, video games, and film. In this collection of new essays, contributors explore her various iterations, focusing on her origin and contexts, the implications of her abusive relationship with the Joker, her relationships with other characters, her representations across media, and the philosophic basis of her character.…mehr
Since her first appearance in 1992, Harley Quinn--eccentric sidekick to the Joker--has captured the attention of readers like few new characters have in eight decades of Batman comics. Her bubbly yet malicious persona has earned her a loyal and growing fan base as she has crossed over into television, theater, video games, and film. In this collection of new essays, contributors explore her various iterations, focusing on her origin and contexts, the implications of her abusive relationship with the Joker, her relationships with other characters, her representations across media, and the philosophic basis of her character.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Shelley E. Barba is an associate librarian at Texas Tech University. She has published in such journals as College & Research Libraries, The Reference Librarian, and Texas Library Journal. She lives in Lubbock, Texas. Joy M. Perrin is an associate librarian at Texas Tech University. She has written many articles on the topic of digital collections. She lives in Lubbock, Texas.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. The Setup "It is to laugh": The History of Harley Quinn (Emilee Owens) Harlequin Romance: The Power of Parody and Subversion (Cia Jackson) She Laughs by Night: Mad Love, the New 52 and Noir (Gregory Bray) The Clock Is Ticking (Brandon Benge) Part 2. Relationship with the Joker "That just proves he wants me back": Pure Victimhood, Agency and Intimate Partner Violence in Comic Book Narratives (K. Scarlett Harrington and Jennifer A. Guthrie) Bride of the Monster: Harley Quinn as a Case of Hybristophilia (Michä Siromski) A New Kind of Leading Lady: The Complexity of Surviving Abuse and Becoming a Hero (Willmaria C. Miranda) Part 3. Relationships with Others Duality and Double Entendres: Bi-Coding the Queen Clown of Crime from Subtext to Canon (Alex Liddell) Victim, Villain or Antihero: Relationships and Personal Identity (Amanda Hoyer) "Stronger than their madhouse walls": Disrupting Gotham's Freak Discourse in "Mad Love" and "Harley Quinn" (Aidan Diamond) Part 4. Representations Arkham Origins: Looking at Grown-Up Themes Through the Lens of a Kid's TV Show (Derek Moreland) Harlequin, Nurse, Street Tough: From Non-Traditional Harlequin to Sexualized Villain to Subversive Antihero (Justin Wigard) Problematic Fave: Gendered Stereotypes in the Arkham Video Game Series (Ian Barba) The Motley Queen: A "Spicy Package" of Misrule (Erica McCrystal) Part 5. Philosophy There Shall Be Order from Chaos: Hope and Agency Through the Harlequine's Subalternity (Michelle Vyoleta Romero Gallardo and Nelson) Arteaga Botello The "Mistress of Mayhem" as a Proxy for the Reader: A Metafictional Link Between Fiction and Reality (Megan Sinclair) Super-Villain or Sociopath: Evilness at the Turn of the Century (Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns and Leonardo Acosta Lando) Appendix: A Mediography of Harley Quinn (Joy M. Perrin) About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. The Setup "It is to laugh": The History of Harley Quinn (Emilee Owens) Harlequin Romance: The Power of Parody and Subversion (Cia Jackson) She Laughs by Night: Mad Love, the New 52 and Noir (Gregory Bray) The Clock Is Ticking (Brandon Benge) Part 2. Relationship with the Joker "That just proves he wants me back": Pure Victimhood, Agency and Intimate Partner Violence in Comic Book Narratives (K. Scarlett Harrington and Jennifer A. Guthrie) Bride of the Monster: Harley Quinn as a Case of Hybristophilia (Michä Siromski) A New Kind of Leading Lady: The Complexity of Surviving Abuse and Becoming a Hero (Willmaria C. Miranda) Part 3. Relationships with Others Duality and Double Entendres: Bi-Coding the Queen Clown of Crime from Subtext to Canon (Alex Liddell) Victim, Villain or Antihero: Relationships and Personal Identity (Amanda Hoyer) "Stronger than their madhouse walls": Disrupting Gotham's Freak Discourse in "Mad Love" and "Harley Quinn" (Aidan Diamond) Part 4. Representations Arkham Origins: Looking at Grown-Up Themes Through the Lens of a Kid's TV Show (Derek Moreland) Harlequin, Nurse, Street Tough: From Non-Traditional Harlequin to Sexualized Villain to Subversive Antihero (Justin Wigard) Problematic Fave: Gendered Stereotypes in the Arkham Video Game Series (Ian Barba) The Motley Queen: A "Spicy Package" of Misrule (Erica McCrystal) Part 5. Philosophy There Shall Be Order from Chaos: Hope and Agency Through the Harlequine's Subalternity (Michelle Vyoleta Romero Gallardo and Nelson) Arteaga Botello The "Mistress of Mayhem" as a Proxy for the Reader: A Metafictional Link Between Fiction and Reality (Megan Sinclair) Super-Villain or Sociopath: Evilness at the Turn of the Century (Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns and Leonardo Acosta Lando) Appendix: A Mediography of Harley Quinn (Joy M. Perrin) About the Contributors Index
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