Hot Pants and Spandex Suits : : Gender Representation in American Superhero Comic Books / / Esther De Dauw.
The superheroes from DC and Marvel comics are some of the most iconic characters in popular culture today. But how do these figures idealize certain gender roles, body types, sexualities, and racial identities at the expense of others? Hot Pants and Spandex Suits offers a far-reaching look at how ma...
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De Dauw, Esther, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Hot Pants and Spandex Suits : Gender Representation in American Superhero Comic Books / Esther De Dauw. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2021] ©2021 1 online resource (206 p.) : 4 b-w images, 22 color images text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 White Superheroes and Masculinity -- Chapter 2 The White Female Body -- Chapter 3 Gay Characters and Social Progress -- Chapter 4 Legacy, Community, and the Superhero of Color -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The superheroes from DC and Marvel comics are some of the most iconic characters in popular culture today. But how do these figures idealize certain gender roles, body types, sexualities, and racial identities at the expense of others? Hot Pants and Spandex Suits offers a far-reaching look at how masculinity and femininity have been represented in American superhero comics, from the Golden and Silver Ages to the Modern Age. Scholar Esther De Dauw contrasts the bulletproof and musclebound phallic bodies of classic male heroes like Superman, Captain America, and Iron Man with the figures of female counterparts like Wonder Woman and Supergirl, who are drawn as superhumanly flexible and plastic. It also examines the genre’s ambivalent treatment of LGBTQ representation, from the presentation of gay male heroes Wiccan and Hulkling as a model minority couple to the troubling association of Batwoman’s lesbianism with monstrosity. Finally, it explores the intersection between gender and race through case studies of heroes like Luke Cage, Storm, and Ms. Marvel. Hot Pants and Spandex Suits is a fascinating and thought-provoking consideration of what superhero comics teach us about identity, embodiment, and sexuality. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) Comic books, strips, etc History and criticism. Gender identity in literature. National characteristics, American, in literature. Race awareness in literature. Superheroes in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. bisacsh Gender Studies, Representation, Superhero, Comic Books, DC, Marvel, Pop Culture, Media, Mass Media, Gender Roles, Sexualities, Race, Identity, Golden Age, Silver Age, Captain America, Iron Man, Classics, LGBTQ, Genre, Superman, Legacy, Masculinity, Heroes, Culture, America. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English 9783110754001 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 9783110753776 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2021 English 9783110754124 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2021 9783110753899 ZDB-23-DKU Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021 9783110739138 https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978806078 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781978806078 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781978806078/original |
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