Love, Sex, Gender, and Superheroes / / Jeffrey A. Brown.
Impossibly muscular men and voluptuous women parade around in revealing, skintight outfits, and their romantic and sexual entanglements are a key part of the ongoing drama. Such is the state of superhero comics and movies, a genre that has become one of our leading mythologies, conveying influential...
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Brown, Jeffrey A., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Love, Sex, Gender, and Superheroes / Jeffrey A. Brown. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2021] ©2022 1 online resource (230 p.) : 40 color images, 1 table text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Signifying Love, Sex, and Gender -- 1 The Visible and the Invisible -- 2 Women Dark and Dangerous -- 3 Secrets of the Batcave -- 4 Marriage, Domesticity, and Superheroes (for Better or Worse) -- 5 It Starts with a Kiss -- 6 Even an Android Has Feelings -- 7 Super Fluidity -- 8 KRAKK! WHACK! SMACK! -- 9 Pleasure, Pain, Climaxes, and Little Deaths -- Conclusion: Love, Sex, Gender, and Superheroes in Real Life -- References -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Impossibly muscular men and voluptuous women parade around in revealing, skintight outfits, and their romantic and sexual entanglements are a key part of the ongoing drama. Such is the state of superhero comics and movies, a genre that has become one of our leading mythologies, conveying influential messages about gender, sexuality, and relationships. Love, Sex, Gender, and Superheroes examines a full range of superhero media, from comics to films to television to merchandising. With a keen eye for the genre’s complex and internally contradictory mythology, comics scholar Jeffrey A. Brown considers its mixed messages. Superhero comics may reinforce sex roles with their litany of phallic musclemen and slinky femme fatales, but they also blur gender binaries with their emphasis on transformation and body swaps. Similarly, while most heroes have heterosexual love interests, the genre prioritizes homosocial bonding, and it both celebrates and condemns gendered and sexualized violence. With examples spanning from the Golden Ages of DC and Marvel comics up to recent works like the TV series The Boys, this study provides a comprehensive look at how superhero media shapes our perceptions of love, sex, and gender. 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 Social aspects. Comic books, strips, etc. Social aspects. Love in mass media. Sex role in mass media. Superheroes in mass media. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. bisacsh superheroes, sex, gender studies, comic studies, popular culture, American studies, women's studies, LGBTQ studies, DC, marvel comic. 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 2022 9783110766479 https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978825291 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781978825291 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781978825291/original |
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