Batman and the Joker : contested sexuality in popular culture / Chris Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Chris, 1985- author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Routledge focus on gender, sexuality, and comics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Batman (Fictitious character).

Batman.

Joker (Fictitious character).

Joker.

Gender identity in literature.

Comic books, strips, etc--Social aspects.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Physical Description:

vi, 110 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Summary:

"This cultural analysis of visual and narrative elements within Batman comics provides an important exploration of the ways readers and creators negotiate gender, identity, and sexuality in popular culture. Thematic chapters investigate how artists, writers, and fans engage with, challenge, and interpret gendered and sexual representations by focusing on one of the most popular and heated fictional rivalries ever inked: that of Batman and The Joker. The monograph provides critical insights into ways queer reading practices can open new forms of understanding that have generally remained implicit and unexplored in mainstream comics studies. This accessible and interdisciplinary approach to the Caped Crusader and the Crown Prince of Crime engages diverse fields of scholarship such as Comics Studies, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Literature, Psychoanalysis, Media Studies, and Queer Theory"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Richardson, Chris, Batman and the Joker

ISBN:

9780367409210

0367409216

0367562995

9780367562991

OCLC:

1155486105