Langsdale Sam - Searching For Feminist Superheroes Gender Sexuality And Race In Marvel Comics - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: How superhero narratives in the margins of the mainstream tell innovative feminist stories. It's no secret that superhero comics and their related media perpetuate a model of a straight white male hero at the expense of representing women and other minorities but other narratives exist. Searching for Feminist Superheroes recognizes that female - led superhero comics with diverse casts of characters and inclusive storytelling exist on the margins of the mainstream superhero genre. But rather than focusing on these stories as marginalized Sam Langsdale's work on heroes such as Spider - Woman America Chavez and Ironheart locates the margins as a site of innovation and productivity which have enabled the creation of feminist superhero texts. Employing feminist and intersectional philosophies in an analysis of these comics Langsdale suggests that feminist superheroes have the potential to contribute to a social imagination that is crucial in working toward a more just world. At a time when US popular culture continues to manifest as a battleground between oppressive and progressive social norms Searching for Feminist Superheroes demonstrates that a fight for a better world is worthwhile.
Title: Searching For Feminist Superheroes Gender Sexuality And Race In Marvel Comics
Author(s): Langsdale Sam
Publisher: University Of Texas Press
Barcode: 9781477329788
Pages: 240 Pages, 16 B&W Illustrations
Publication Date: 9/17/2024
Series: World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series
Category: Feminism & Feminist Theory