Esther de Dauw

Broschiertes Buch

Hot Pants and Spandex Suits

Gender Representation in American Superhero Comic Books

Beschreibung

Taking a critical look at the gender presentation of DC and Marvel superheroes like Superman, Captain America, Batwoman, Luke Cage, and Storm, Hot Pants and Spandex Suits is a thought-provoking consideration of what superhero comics teach us about identity, embodiment, and sexuality.

Autor

ESTHER DE DAUW is a Leicester, UK based comics scholar, who works on superheroes, gender and race. She has published in The Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, contributed a chapter to the edited volume Unstable Masks: Whiteness and American Superhero Comics, and was the primary editor for the collection Toxic Masculinity: Mapping the Monstrous in our Heroes.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9781978806030
• ISBN-10: 1978806035
• Artikelnr.: 59415467