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The Resource Heroines of comic books and literature : portrayals in popular culture, edited by Maja Bajac-Carter, Norma Jones, and Bob Batchelor

Heroines of comic books and literature : portrayals in popular culture, edited by Maja Bajac-Carter, Norma Jones, and Bob Batchelor

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Summary
"In 'Heroines of comic books and Literature: Portrayals in Popular Culture, ' editors Maja Bajac-Carter, Norma Jones, and Bob Batchelor have selected essays by award-winning contributors that offer a variety of perspectives on the representations of heroines in today's society. Focused on printed media, this collection looks at heroic women depicted in literature, graphic novels, manga, and comic books. Addressing heroines from such sources as the Marvel and DC comic universes, manga, and the Twilight novels, contributors go beyond the account of women as mothers, wives, warriors, goddesses, and damsels in distress."--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xiv, 260 pages
Contents
  • The bohemian gypsy, another body to sell: deciphering Esmeralda in popular culture
  • Adina Scheeweis
  • Writing women in war: speaking through, about, and for female soldiers in Iraq
  • Christina M. Smith
  • The borderland construction of Latin America and Latina heroines in contemporary visual media
  • Mauricio Espinoza
  • Janissary: an Orientalist heroine or a role model for Muslim women?
  • Itir Erhart and Hande Eslen-Ziya
  • Representations of motherhood in X-Men
  • Christopher Paul Wagenheim
  • To heck with the village: fantastic heroines, journey and return
  • Negotiating life spaces: how marriage marginalized Storm
  • Anita McDaniel
  • The mother of all superheroes: idealizations of femininity in Wonder Woman
  • Sharon Zechowski and Caryn E. Neumann
  • Wonder Woman: lesbian or dyke?: Paradise Island as a woman's community
  • Trina Robbins
  • Homicidal lesbian terrorists to crimson caped crusaders: how folk and mainstream lesbian heroes queer cultural space
  • AprilJo Murphy
  • Punching holes in the sky: Carol Danvers and the potential of superheroinism
  • Nathan Miczo
  • Sandra J. Lindow
  • Jumping rope naked: John Byrne, metafiction, and the comics code
  • Roy Cook
  • Invisible, tiny, and distant the powers and roles of Marvel's early female superheroes
  • Joseph Darowski
  • Heroines aplenty, but none my mother would know: Marvel's lack of an iconic superheroine
  • T. Keith Edmunds
  • Liminality and capitalism in Spider-Woman and Wonder Woman: how to make stronger (i.e. male) two super powerful women
  • Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns
  • Empowerment as transgression: the rise and fall of the Black Cat in Kevin Smith's The Evil That Men Do
  • Michael R. Kramer
  • From duckling to swan: what makes a Twilight heroine strong
  • Tricia Clasen
  • Salem's daughters: witchcraft, justice, and the heroine in popular culture
  • Lauren Lemley
  • Heroine: Christina of Markyate
  • K.A. Laity
Isbn
9781442275607
Instance
Label
Heroines of comic books and literature : portrayals in popular culture
Title
Heroines of comic books and literature
Title remainder
portrayals in popular culture
Statement of responsibility
edited by Maja Bajac-Carter, Norma Jones, and Bob Batchelor
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"In 'Heroines of comic books and Literature: Portrayals in Popular Culture, ' editors Maja Bajac-Carter, Norma Jones, and Bob Batchelor have selected essays by award-winning contributors that offer a variety of perspectives on the representations of heroines in today's society. Focused on printed media, this collection looks at heroic women depicted in literature, graphic novels, manga, and comic books. Addressing heroines from such sources as the Marvel and DC comic universes, manga, and the Twilight novels, contributors go beyond the account of women as mothers, wives, warriors, goddesses, and damsels in distress."--
Assigning source
from the publisher
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
809/.933522
Index
index present
LC call number
PN56.5.W64
LC item number
H55 2014
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1979-
  • 1972-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Bajac-Carter, Maja
  • Jones, Norma
  • Batchelor, Bob
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Women in literature
  • Heroines in literature
  • Women in popular culture
  • Women in mass media
  • Comic books, strips, etc.
  • Comic books, strips, etc
  • Heroines in literature
  • Women in literature
  • Women in mass media
  • Women in popular culture
  • Populärlitteratur
  • Serier
  • Massmedia
  • Litteraturvetenskap
  • Popular literature
  • Comic strips
  • Mass media
  • Literaty studies
  • Kvinnor i litteraturen
  • Hjältinnor i litteraturen
  • Kvinnor i populärkulturen
  • Kvinnor i massmedia
  • Tecknade serier
Label
Heroines of comic books and literature : portrayals in popular culture, edited by Maja Bajac-Carter, Norma Jones, and Bob Batchelor
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The bohemian gypsy, another body to sell: deciphering Esmeralda in popular culture
  • Adina Scheeweis
  • Writing women in war: speaking through, about, and for female soldiers in Iraq
  • Christina M. Smith
  • The borderland construction of Latin America and Latina heroines in contemporary visual media
  • Mauricio Espinoza
  • Janissary: an Orientalist heroine or a role model for Muslim women?
  • Itir Erhart and Hande Eslen-Ziya
  • Representations of motherhood in X-Men
  • Christopher Paul Wagenheim
  • To heck with the village: fantastic heroines, journey and return
  • Negotiating life spaces: how marriage marginalized Storm
  • Anita McDaniel
  • The mother of all superheroes: idealizations of femininity in Wonder Woman
  • Sharon Zechowski and Caryn E. Neumann
  • Wonder Woman: lesbian or dyke?: Paradise Island as a woman's community
  • Trina Robbins
  • Homicidal lesbian terrorists to crimson caped crusaders: how folk and mainstream lesbian heroes queer cultural space
  • AprilJo Murphy
  • Punching holes in the sky: Carol Danvers and the potential of superheroinism
  • Nathan Miczo
  • Sandra J. Lindow
  • Jumping rope naked: John Byrne, metafiction, and the comics code
  • Roy Cook
  • Invisible, tiny, and distant the powers and roles of Marvel's early female superheroes
  • Joseph Darowski
  • Heroines aplenty, but none my mother would know: Marvel's lack of an iconic superheroine
  • T. Keith Edmunds
  • Liminality and capitalism in Spider-Woman and Wonder Woman: how to make stronger (i.e. male) two super powerful women
  • Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns
  • Empowerment as transgression: the rise and fall of the Black Cat in Kevin Smith's The Evil That Men Do
  • Michael R. Kramer
  • From duckling to swan: what makes a Twilight heroine strong
  • Tricia Clasen
  • Salem's daughters: witchcraft, justice, and the heroine in popular culture
  • Lauren Lemley
  • Heroine: Christina of Markyate
  • K.A. Laity
Control code
ocn884953911
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xiv, 260 pages
Isbn
9781442275607
Lccn
2013040490
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40023526169
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781442231474
  • (OCoLC)884953911
Label
Heroines of comic books and literature : portrayals in popular culture, edited by Maja Bajac-Carter, Norma Jones, and Bob Batchelor
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The bohemian gypsy, another body to sell: deciphering Esmeralda in popular culture
  • Adina Scheeweis
  • Writing women in war: speaking through, about, and for female soldiers in Iraq
  • Christina M. Smith
  • The borderland construction of Latin America and Latina heroines in contemporary visual media
  • Mauricio Espinoza
  • Janissary: an Orientalist heroine or a role model for Muslim women?
  • Itir Erhart and Hande Eslen-Ziya
  • Representations of motherhood in X-Men
  • Christopher Paul Wagenheim
  • To heck with the village: fantastic heroines, journey and return
  • Negotiating life spaces: how marriage marginalized Storm
  • Anita McDaniel
  • The mother of all superheroes: idealizations of femininity in Wonder Woman
  • Sharon Zechowski and Caryn E. Neumann
  • Wonder Woman: lesbian or dyke?: Paradise Island as a woman's community
  • Trina Robbins
  • Homicidal lesbian terrorists to crimson caped crusaders: how folk and mainstream lesbian heroes queer cultural space
  • AprilJo Murphy
  • Punching holes in the sky: Carol Danvers and the potential of superheroinism
  • Nathan Miczo
  • Sandra J. Lindow
  • Jumping rope naked: John Byrne, metafiction, and the comics code
  • Roy Cook
  • Invisible, tiny, and distant the powers and roles of Marvel's early female superheroes
  • Joseph Darowski
  • Heroines aplenty, but none my mother would know: Marvel's lack of an iconic superheroine
  • T. Keith Edmunds
  • Liminality and capitalism in Spider-Woman and Wonder Woman: how to make stronger (i.e. male) two super powerful women
  • Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns
  • Empowerment as transgression: the rise and fall of the Black Cat in Kevin Smith's The Evil That Men Do
  • Michael R. Kramer
  • From duckling to swan: what makes a Twilight heroine strong
  • Tricia Clasen
  • Salem's daughters: witchcraft, justice, and the heroine in popular culture
  • Lauren Lemley
  • Heroine: Christina of Markyate
  • K.A. Laity
Control code
ocn884953911
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xiv, 260 pages
Isbn
9781442275607
Lccn
2013040490
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40023526169
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781442231474
  • (OCoLC)884953911

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