Laura Mattoon D'Amore

Vigilante Feminists and Agents of Destiny

Violence, Empowerment, and the Teenage Super/heroine

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Produktbeschreibung

This book tracks the vigilante feminist teenage super/heroine in comics and YA literature, a character who acts as a vigilante on behalf of the protection of girls and women. It traces the trajectory of super/heroines who experience violent trauma and are subsequently empowered by use of violence to reclaim control over their lives and bodies.

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Produktdetails

• Children and Youth in Popular Culture
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9781793630605
• ISBN-10: 1793630607
• Artikelnr.: 61716176

Autorenporträt

By Laura Mattoon D'Amore

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: Finding Agency after Trauma: Crafting a Community of Consent
in Sarah J. Maas' Young Adult Series A Court of Thorns and Roses
Chapter Two: "Choice is Your Weapon": Violence, Empowerment, and X-23's
Journey Toward Consent and Agency
Chapter Three: Hunting Wolves: Violence, Agency, and Empowerment in Jackson
Pearce's Retold Fairytales Young Adult Fantasy Series
Chapter Four: "I Know How to Do Things Most People Don't": Rape and
Vigilante Justice on a College Campus in MTV's Sweet/Vicious
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author