Gender warriors : reading contemporary urban fantasy / edited by U. Melissa Anyiwo and Amanda Jo Hobson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anyiwo, U. Melissa, editor.

Hobson, Amanda, editor.

Series:

Teaching gender ; v. 10.

Teaching gender ; volume 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fantasy fiction, American--History and criticism.

Fantasy fiction, American.

Fantasy in mass media.

Objectification (Social psychology) in literature.

Objectification (Social psychology) in mass media.

Gender identity in literature.

Gender identity in mass media.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 163 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill Sense, [2019]

Summary:

"Gender Warriors: Reading Contemporary Urban Fantasy offers classroom-ready original essays outlining contemporary debates about sexual objectification and gender norms in urban fantasy and examining how those cultural categories are reinforced and unraveled. The essays explore the foundations and evolutions of urban fantasy and presentations of gendered identities in a wide variety of sources, focusing not only on popular examples, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Underworld, but also on less studied works, for instance Penny Dreadful and Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series. The authors address the sociocultural institutions that bind gender to the body and shape our views of gendered norms, inviting students of all experience levels to engage in interdisciplinary conversations about both theoretical and embodied constructions of gender and the production of genre and generic conventions. The text unpacks cultural norms of gender and addresses issues of identity construction within an endlessly evolving genre. This collection demonstrates the way that representations of gender and the kick-ass female urban fantasy warrior have upended and reinforced a broad range of expectations and tropes, making it a fascinating text for any course, such as first-year studies, literature, film, gender studies, sociology, cultural studies, history, and more"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: what is urban fantasy? / Amanda Jo Hobson and U. Melissa Anyiwo

Creating the urban fantasy heroine: gender displacement in Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series / Candace Benefiel

Empowering or fetishizing: Wonder Woman takes the Bechdel test / Sarah A. Smith

The vampiric nature of transmedia storytelling in the Buffyverse / Jenna Guitar

Bewitching bodies: sex, violence, and magic in urban fantasy / Amanda Jo Hobson

Fighting and feminist expression: the Argent family and the limits of female agency in Teen Wolf / Lauren Rocha

Tough women, patriarchal violence, and the problem of non-intersectional feminism in Les Wiseman's Underworld series / Ana G. Gal

The problematic fan-girl: Cassandra Clare's gendered revisions in the Mortal Instruments series / Cait Coker

A monstrous narrative: unraveling gender and ethnic archetypes in Showtime's Penny Dreadful / U. Melissa Anyiwo

The urban fantasy classroom / U. Melissa Anyiwo and Amanda Jo Hobson

The urban fantasy universe: or what to read or watch next / U. Melissa Anyiwo and Amanda Jo Hobson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Gender warriors.

ISBN:

9789004394087

9004394087

9789004394094

9004394095

OCLC:

1066189855

Publisher Number:

99983686441