BookSuperwomen : gender, power, and representation
Personal name
Main title
- Superwomen : gender, power, and representation / Carolyn Cocca.
Published/Produced
- New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2016.
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Description
- x, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
- 9781501316562 (hardcover)
- 9781501316579 (softcover)
LC classification
- PN6725 .C585 2016
Summary
- "Explores the production, representation, and reception of prominent female superheroes in mainstream superhero comics, television shows, and films"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
- Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: Representation Matters -- Chapter 1: "The Sexier the Outfit, the Fewer Questions Asked": Wonder Woman -- Chapter 2: "When You Go Out At Night, You Won't Be Alone": Batgirl(s) and Birds of Prey -- Chapter 3: "Somebody Has To Save Our Skins!" PadmeĢ Amidala, Leia Organa, and Jaina Solo in Star Wars -- Chapter 4: "No Such Things as Limits": The X-Women -- Chapter 5: "Slayers. Every One of Us": Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- Chapter 6: "Part of Something Bigger": Ms. Marvel(s) and Captain Marvel(s) -- Conclusion: Superwomen, Diversity, and Representation -- Bibliography -- Index.
LC Subjects
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- PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.
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Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-245) and index.
Additional formats
- Online version: Cocca, Carolyn, 1971- author. Superwomen New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2016 9781501316593 (DLC) 2016012839
LCCN
- 2016007660
Dewey class no.
- 741.5/973
Geographic area code
- n-us---
Other class no.
- PER004000 SOC052000 LIT017000 SOC032000
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- 9781501316593 (ePDF)
- 9781501316586 (ePUB)
Type of material
- Book
Content type
- text
Media type
- unmediated
Carrier type
- volume
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