Wonder Women and Bad Girls

Superheroine and Supervillainess Archetypes in Popular Media

Valerie Estelle Frankel (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2020
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8409-3 (ISBN)

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Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Shuri, and Black Widow. These four characters portray very different versions of women: the superheroine, the abuse victim, the fourth wave princess, and the spy, respectively. In this in-depth analysis of female characters in superhero media, the authors begin by identifying ten eras of superhero media defined by the way they portray women. Following this, the various archetypes of superheroines are classified into four categories: boundary crossers, good girls, outcasts, and those that reclaim power. Modern superheroines fall under any of the categories and with the push from the feminist movement, superheroines are becoming more powerful and independent.

Valerie Estelle Frankel teaches English at Mission College and San Jose City College. The author of 75 popular culture books and more than 100 stories and essays, she lives in Sunnyvale, California.

Erscheinungsdatum	23.10.2020
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-4766-8409-X / 147668409X
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8409-3 / 9781476684093
Zustand	Neuware