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.
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.
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.
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Preface 1 Introduction 2 Sexuality, Subjugation, and Magical Women 3 The “Funnies” as a Discipline 4 Storm: The Comics 5 Storm: The Films 6 Conclusion: Are All Our Heroes Dead? Acknowledgments Glossary Notes Works Cited Index
Preface 1 Introduction 2 Sexuality, Subjugation, and Magical Women 3 The “Funnies” as a Discipline 4 Storm: The Comics 5 Storm: The Films 6 Conclusion: Are All Our Heroes Dead? Acknowledgments Glossary Notes Works Cited Index
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