Superheroes and Masculinity (eBook)

Unmasking the Gender Performance of Heroism

Sean Parson, J.L. Schatz (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
152 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-9150-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Superheroes and Masculinity: Unmasking the Gender Performance of Heroism explores how heteropatriarchal representations of gender are portrayed within superhero comics, film, and television. The contributors examine how hegemonic masculinity has been continually perpetuated and reinforced within the superhero genre and unpack concise critiques of specific superhero representations, the industry, and the fan base at large. However, Superheroes and Masculinity also argues that possibilities of resistance and change are embedded within these problematic portrayals. To this end, several chapters explore alternative portrayals of queerness within superhero representations and read the hegemonic masculinity of various characters against the grain to produce queer possibilities. Ultimately, this collection argues that the quest to unmask how gender operates within superheroes is a crucial one.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2019
• Co-Autor: Hailey J. Austin, Jacob Murel, Sean Parson, David J. Roberts, Edgar Sandoval, J.L. Schatz, Julian Barr, Anne Bialowas, TJ Buttgereit, Ryan Cheek, Kevin Cummings, Kiera Gaswint, Brian Johnson, Emily Mendelson
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Comic
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: Comic books • comics and gender • female superheroes • Feminism • feminism and comics • Film Studies • Gender Studies • heroines • male superheroes • Masculinity • Masculinity Studies • Mens Studies • Queer Studies • superheroes • superheroes and gender
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-9150-7 / 1498591507
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-9150-8 / 9781498591508