Batman and the Joker - Contested Sexuality in Popular Culture (Hardcover)

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 Clown 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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Focus on Gender, Sexuality, and Comics
Release date:	October 2020
First published:	2021
Authors:	Chris Richardson
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	110
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-40921-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-367-40921-6
Barcode:	9780367409210

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