Women in Marvel films / Miriam Kent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kent, Miriam, author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marvel Entertainment Group.

Women in motion pictures.

Superhero films--History and criticism.

Superhero films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introducing ... The Mighty Women of Marvel! p. 1

Comics on Screen: What is at Stake in Representing Marvel Women? p. 10

The (Super)Power of Feminist Film Studies p. 15

We're In This Together Now: Mediating Womanhood through Postfeminist Culture p. 21

1 'You Have a Knack for Saving My Life!': Wives, Girlfriends and Women in Refrigerators in Marvel Films p. 29

Damsels in Distress and Women in Refrigerators across Media p. 30

Women in Refrigerators in Marvel Film Adaptations p. 34

2 Pepper Potts and Gwen Stacy: Recuperating the Superhero Girlfriend p. 47

Iron (Wo)Man p. 48

The Amazing Gwen Stacy p. 58

3 With Great Power Comes Great Frustration? Configurations of Hero(ine)ism in Marvel Films p. 68

Superheroines and Postfeminist Media Culture p. 68

With Great Power Comes Great Frustration p. 75

4 Playing Superheroine: Feminine Subjectivity and (Postfeminist) Masquerade p. 93

'I Want You to Be the Best Version of Yourself': Postfeminist Masquerade and Subjectivity in Captain Marvel p. 101

5 Marvel Legacy: Girl Heroism and Intergenerationality in Marvel Films p. 119

Interconnected Womanhood in Elektra p. 120

All-New, All-Different: The Legacy of Wolverine in Logan p. 123

6 Mad With Power: Female Villainy in Marvel Films p. 145

Wicked Witches and Poisonous Women p. 150

Disease, Toxicity and Poison in Marvel's Evil Women p. 156

Make Asgard Great Again: Villainy and the Feminine Spectre of White Supremacy in Thor: Ragnarok p. 161

7 Mutants, Cyborgs and Femininity Unfixed? Addressing the Gendered Bodies of Mystique and Nebula p. 171

Fluid Gender and the Politics of the X-Men Films p. 173

The Strangest Superhero of All: Nebula's Cyborg Subjectivity p. 184

8 Disrupting the Rainbow Bridge: Dysfunctional Heterosexuality and Reinforcing Gender Difference in Marvel Adaptations p. 193

Dysfunctional Heterosexuality in Marvel Films p. 199

9 Black Skin, Blue Skin: Race and Femininity in Marvel Films p. 210

The Politics of 'Diversity' in Marvel Properties p. 214

10 The (Afro)Future of a Diverse Marvel: Gender, Race and Empire in Thor: Ragnarok and Black Panther p. 233

Asgard as a People: Racial Ambiguity in Thor: Ragnarok's Heroines p. 236

Wakanda Forever: Black Femininity and the (Afro)Future p. 241

Afterword: Some Concluding Remarks on Marvel Women ... Thus Far! p. 260.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

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ISBN:

9781474448840

1474448844

Publisher Number:

40030514056

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