Diverging the Popular, Gender and Trauma AKA the Jessica Jones Anthology.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lao, Mary Grace.

Contributor:

Rehal, Pree.

Bay, Jessica.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Superhero television programs--United States--History and criticism.

Superhero television programs.

Women superheroes on television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Calgary : University of Calgary Press, 2024.

Summary:

Jessica Jones made her first Marvel Comics appearance in Alias #1, November 2001, and went on to star in three ongoing series. In 2015 the Netflix adaptation Jessica Jones premiered to positive reviews. Following the scarred and superpowered titular character as she struggled to run a private detective agency and face her past, the show ran for three seasons and received a Hugo Award, a Peabody Award, and a Creative Arts Emmy. Diverging the Popular, Gender and Trauma AKA The Jessica Jones Anthology brings together a diverse group of scholars to explore the evolving depiction of the superheroine as embodied in both Jessica Jones and in the series. Contributors draw on trauma-informed study, lived experience, feminist approaches, cultural studies, and more to present multifaceted analyses. Specifically addressing survivorship, trauma, masculinities, and militarization, this book makes space for conversations that recognize the diverse, multi-layered narratives and complex, sometimes contradictory depictions presented by the show. Taking Jessica Jones as part of an evolving depiction of the superheroine, this anthology focuses not only on the content of the television series but female superheroes more broadly. It recognizes and critically discusses gendered and racialized roles and spaces, the changing expectations of fans, and the places in which media industries and fans interact. Connecting Jessica Jones to the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe, this is a thoughtful and thorough study of a ground-breaking character and boundary-pushing show.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Introduction

Episode Guide

PART 1 A New Kind of Superhero: Film Noir and the Anti-hero

A New Kind of Superhero: Film Noir and the Anti-hero

1 When Is a Superhero Not a Superhero?

2 Defining “Rebel Femme Noir” through Genre Hybridization in Cinematic and Comics Narratives of Jessica Jones

3 “My Greatest Weakness? Occasionally I Give a Damn”: (Super)Heroic Duty, Responsibility, and Morality

4 Watch Party: Watching Jessica Jones Watch Others

5 “So Go After the Big Green Guy or the Flag Waver.”: The MCU Reality Bridge

PART 2 Portrayals of Masculinities, Male Violence, and Entitlement

Portrayals of Masculinities, Male Violence, and Entitlement

6 From Devils to Milquetoast Little Man- Boys

7 Will Simpson and the Failure of Militarized Masculinity

8 #Kilgraved: Geek Masculinity and Entitlement in Marvel’s Villains

9 Undeniably Charming, Undeniably Wicked, and Our Shameful Kilgrave Crush

PART 3 Surviving Trauma

Surviving Trauma

10 “Tell Us Which One of Us Was Truly Violated”: Disrupting Narratives of Trauma, Rape, and Consent

11 Before Kilgrave, After Kilgrave: The Choreographic Effects of Trauma on the Female Body

12 Code Word, “I Love You”: Sisterhood, Friendship, and Trauma

13 “I Can’t Leave”: The Iconography of Hysteria and the Anti-superhero

14 Representations of Rape and Race

15 “AKA WWJD?” Interrogating Gendered Ideologies and Urban Revanchism

Conclusion: Considering Jessica Jones as a Moment in Time

List of Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-77385-577-8

1-77385-576-X

OCLC:

1431048049