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Mixed-Race Superheroes (Hardcover)
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Mixed-Race Superheroes (Hardcover)
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American culture has long represented mixed-race identity in
paradoxical terms. On the one hand, it has been associated with
weakness, abnormality, impurity, transgression, shame, and various
pathologies; however, it can also connote genetic superiority,
exceptional beauty, and special potentiality. This ambivalence has
found its way into superhero media, which runs the gamut
from Ant-Man and the Wasp’s tragic mulatta villain Ghost to
the cinematic depiction of Aquaman as a heroic
“half-breed.”  The essays in this collection
contend with the multitude of ways that racial mixedness has been
presented in superhero comics, films, television, and literature.
They explore how superhero media positions mixed-race characters
within a genre that has historically privileged racial purity and
propagated images of white supremacy. The book considers such
iconic heroes as Superman, Spider-Man, and The Hulk, alongside such
lesser-studied characters as Valkyrie, Dr. Fate, and Steven
Universe. Examining both literal and symbolic representations of
racial mixing, this study interrogates how we might challenge and
rewrite stereotypical narratives about mixed-race identity, both in
superhero media and beyond.
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