Monstrous women in comics / edited by Samantha Langsdale and Elizabeth Rae Coody.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Langsdale, Samantha, editor.

Coody, Elizabeth Rae, editor.

J. Bertram Lippincott Library Fund.

Series:

Horror and monstrosity studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Comic books, strips, etc.

Comic books, strips, etc--Social aspects.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Essays.

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

x, 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2020.

Summary:

"Monsters seem to be everywhere these days, in popular shows on television, in award-winning novels, and again and again in Hollywood blockbusters. They are figures that lurk in the margins and so, by contrast, help to illuminate the center-the embodiment of abnormality that summons the definition of normalcy by virtue of everything they are not. Samantha Langsdale and Elizabeth Rae Coody's edited volume explores the coding of woman as monstrous and how the monster as dangerously evocative of women/femininity/the female is exacerbated by the intersection of gender with sexuality, race, nationality, and disability. To analyze monstrous women is not only to examine comics, but also to witness how those constructions correspond to women's real material experiences. Each section takes a critical look at the cultural context surrounding varied monstrous voices: embodiment, maternity, childhood, power, and performance. Featured are essays on such comics as Faith, Monstress, Bitch Planet, and Batgirl and such characters as Harley Quinn and Wonder Woman. This volume probes into the patriarchal contexts wherein men are assumed to be representative of the normative, universal subject, such that women frequently become monsters"-- Provided by publisher.

"A critical volume on the ways women are made monstrous in popular culture"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. Bertram Lippincott Library Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Monstrous women in comics

ISBN:

9781496827630

9781496827623

1496827627

1496827635

OCLC:

1125002222

Publisher Number:

99984708010