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Superheroes and Identities (Paperback)
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Superheroes and Identities (Paperback)
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Superheroes have been the major genre to emerge from comics and
graphic novels, saturating popular culture with images of muscular
men and sexy women. A major aspect of this genre is identity in the
roles played by individuals, the development of identities through
extended stories and in the ways the characters inspire audiences.
This collection analyses stories from popular comics franchises
such as Batman, Captain America, Ms Marvel and X-Men, alongside
less well known comics such as Kabuki and Flex Mentallo. It
explores what superhero narratives can reveal about our attitudes
towards femininity, race, maternity, masculinity and queer culture.
Using this approach, the volume asks questions such as why there
are no black supervillains in mainstream comics, how second wave
feminism and feminist film theory may help us to understand female
comic book characters, the ways in which Flex Mentallo transcends
the boundaries of straightness and gayness and how both fans and
industry appropriate the sexual identity of superheroes. The book
was originally published in a special issue of the Journal of
Graphic Novels and Comics.
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