Superheroes and masculinity : unmasking the gender performance of heroism / edited by Sean Parson and J.L. Schatz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parson, Sean, editor.

Schatz, J. L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comic books, strips, etc--History and criticism.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Superheroes in literature.

Masculinity in literature.

Masculinity in motion pictures.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vi, 146 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2020]

Contents:

Introduction: The purpose and intent of our project

Deconstructing the hero-sidekick bromance: Foggy, Kato, and the masculine performance of friendship / Anne Bialowas and Ryan Cheek

If she be worthy: performance of female masculinty and toxic Greek masculinity in Jason Aaron's Thor: the Goddess of Thunder / Hailey J. Austin

Witches and witchbreed in Marvel 1602 / Kevin Cummings

THe Joker's Dionysian philosphy of gender and sexuality in The dark knight / Jacob Murel

There are different ways of being strong: Steven Universe and devloping a caring superhero masculinity / Julian Barr, David J. Roberts, and Edgar Sandoval

There must always be a Thor: Marvel's Thor the Goddess of Thunder and the disruption of heroic masculinities / Kiera M. Gaswint

Poisoning masculinity: Poison Ivy as a counter-narrative of villainy and trauma through representations of queer love in DC's Everyone loves Ivy / T.J. Buttgereit, Emily Mendelson, and J.L. Schatz

The new Teen Titans for queer boys: emergent masculinities and sentimental superhero melodrama in the 1980s / Brian Johnson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1498591493

9781498591492

OCLC:

1112203368