Chesya Burke

Gebundenes Buch

Hero Me Not

The Containment of the Most Powerful Black, Female Superhero

Beschreibung

Hero Me Not is the first academic study devoted to the superhero Storm and what she means to Black female comics fans. It examines how she is represented as racially exotic yet combines stereotypes of the Mammy and Magical Negro, almost always deploying her immense powers in the service of White characters.  

Autor

CHESYA BURKE is an assistant professor of English and U.S. literatures and director of Africana studies at Stetson University. Her story collection,  Let's Play White, is being taught in universities around the world.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 59g
• ISBN-13: 9781978821064
• ISBN-10: 1978821069
• Artikelnr.: 64703834