The Classical Reception and Impact of Wonder Woman in Comics and Film.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Potter, Amanda, editor.

Skibinski, Connie, editor.

Swain, Natalie J., editor.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Imagines - Classical receptions in the visual and performing arts.

IMAGINES - Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wonder Woman (Fictitious character).

Wonder Woman.

Women superheroes in comics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

Summary:

Provides a wide range of scholarly approaches to the superhero character of Wonder Woman across comic books and film.

Contents:

List of Illustrations

List of Contributors

Introduction, Amanda Potter (Open University, UK), Connie Skibinski (University of Newcastle, Australia), and Natalie J. Swain (University of Winnipeg, Canada)

Section I: Wonder Woman Comics through the Ages

1. The Two Wonder Womans: Gender Subversion & Audience in the Early Marston/Peter Comic Book and Newspaper Strips, 1941-1945, Natalie Beglin (Indiana University, USA)

2. George Perez and the Reinvention of Wonder Woman, Tony Keen (University of Notre Dame, UK)

3. Challenging the White, Male Gaze: Nubia's Herstory and the Importance of Representation, Whitney Hunt (Colgate University, USA)

4. Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark) and the Teen Titans, C.W. Marshall (University of British Columbia, Canada)

5. Elseworlds and Milk Wars: Wonder Woman in Less Well-Known Multiverses, Iris Haist (E.o.plauen Foundation, Germany)

Section II: Gods, Faeries and Amazons

6. "This is OUR Story": Wonder Woman Historia, History, and the Evolving Nature of the Amazons, Jeremy Brett (Texas A&M University, USA)

7. Amazons on Screen: Where Did All the Gods Go? Anneka Rene (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

8. A Real Amazon: Amazonian Identity and Representation in "Trial of the Amazons", Natalie J. Swain (University of Winnipeg, Canada)

9. Themyscira as an Otherworld: Reception of the Faery Realm in the Wonder Woman Universe, Madelaine Sacco (University of Newcastle, Australia)

10. What is the Godkiller? Artificiality, Intention, and Purpose in the Origins and Development of Diana Prince, Tannika Koosmen (University of Newcastle, Australia)

Section III: Wonder Woman and the Politics of Feminism

11. The United Nations Decade for (Wonder) Women: Wonder Woman, the U.N., and Women's Liberation, Christina M. Knopf (SUNY Cortland, USA)

12. Truth, Extracted Truth, and the Lasso of Truth: Tracing Wonder Woman's Tool of Submission, Theresa Ashford (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia), and Amanda Potter (Open University, UK)

13. Wonder Woman, Patriarchy, & the Sanitization of Rape, Princess O'Nika Nicole Auguste (Independent Scholar, St. Lucia)

14. The New Wonder Woman and the Saviour of Western Civilization, Anise Strong (Western Michigan University, USA)

Afterword, Phil Jimenez (Independent Scholar, USA)

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-350-43939-8

1-350-43937-1

9781350439375

OCLC:

1520506561