Gendered defenders : Marvel's superheroines in transmedia spaces / edited by Bryan J. Carr and Meta G. Carstarphen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carr, Bryan, editor.

Carstarphen, Meta G., 1954- editor.

Series:

New suns: race, gender, and sexuality in the speculative

New suns : race, gender, and sexuality in the speculative

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women superheroes in literature.

Women superheroes on television.

Women superheroes in motion pictures.

Women superheroes in mass media.

Comic books, strips, etc--Social aspects.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Women in popular culture.

Mass media and women.

Women in literature.

Sex role.

Power (Social sciences).

Women--Social conditions--21st century.

Women.

Women--Social conditions.

Women superheroes.

Physical Description:

viii, 216 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Gendered Defenders: Marvel's Heroines in Transmedia Spaces delivers dynamic and original analyses of how women perform in super heroic spaces. Contributors from a range of disciplinary perspectives--communications, international relations, cultural and media studies, English, history, and public policy--take on Marvel's representations of women and gender to examine how relations of power are (re)produced, understood, and challenged. Through vivid retellings of character-based scenarios, these essays examine Carol Danvers, Jessica Jones, Ms. Marvel, Shuri, Pepper Potts, Black Widow, and Squirrel Girl across media forms to characterize and critique contemporary understandings of identity, feminism, power, and gender.Collectively, Gendered Defenders challenges notions about female identity while illuminating the multidimensional portrayals that are enabled by the form of speculative fiction. Making explicit the connections between women's lived experiences and the imagined exploits of superheroines, contributors explore how these pop culture narratives can help us understand real-world gender dynamics and prepare pedagogical, political, and social strategies for dealing with them." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 INTRODUCTION: FRAMING OUR STARTING PLACES AND CONCEPTUAL ORIGINS

ch. 1 Who Has Power, and How Do We Read It? / Meta G. Carstarphen

ch. 2 Too Long a Boys' Club: The Superhero Industrial Complex and the Marvel Heroine / Bryan J. Carr

ch. 3 Trans/Linear Feminism: Finding a New Space to Call Home / Meta G. Carstarphen

pt. 2 PHENOMENAL WOMEN: GENDER AND FEMINISM

ch. 4 Marvel's Carol Danvers: Evolving Past the Second-Wave Feminist Icon / Anna C. Turner

ch. 5 "I Know My Value": The Standpoint Evolution of Agent Carter as a Transmedia and Transgenerational Feminist / Kathleen M. Turner Ledgerwood

ch. 6 Jessica Jones: A Superhero, Unadorned / Amanda K. Kehrberg

pt. 3 EMBODIED POWER: OTHERNESS, THE BODY, AND THE SUPERHEROINE

ch. 7 "Don't Scare Me Like That, Colonizer!": Black Panther's Shuri through a Postcolonial Feminist Lens / Rachel Grant

ch. 8 Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel, Islamic Feminism, and a Global Dialogue / Maryanne A. Rhett

ch. 9 "Misty" Knight: Dialogue with a Black Pearl in the Ivory Tower / Stephanie L. Sanders

pt. 4 ANSWERING THE CALL: MARVEL SUPERHEROINES AS RESPONSES TO CULTURAL CHANGE

ch. 10 Part of the Team yet Always Apart: Black Widow through Multiple Marvel Series / Robert Westerfelhaus

ch. 11 Pepper Potts: Performance as Partner, Professional, CEO, and Superhero / Gregory P. Perreault

ch. 12 Eating Nuts, Kicking Butts, and Becoming a Feminist Icon: Squirrel Girl's Subversion, Commodification, and Fractured Feminist Nature / Carrielynn D. Reinhard

ch. 13 Symptoms or Resistance? The Feminist Trauma Theory Framework in Captain Marvel / Annika Hagley.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814215272

0814215270

9780814258521

0814258522

OCLC:

1309959894