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.
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.
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.
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Contents Introduction Chapter 1: White Superheroes and Masculinity Chapter 2: The White Female Body Chapter 3: Gay Characters and Social Progress Chapter 4: Legacy, Community and the Superhero of Color Conclusion: The Next Steps Bibliography Index
Contents Introduction Chapter 1: White Superheroes and Masculinity Chapter 2: The White Female Body Chapter 3: Gay Characters and Social Progress Chapter 4: Legacy, Community and the Superhero of Color Conclusion: The Next Steps Bibliography Index
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