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22%OFFCarolyn Cocca - Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation - 9781501316579 - V9781501316579
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Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation

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Description for Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation Paperback. Explores the production, representation, and reception of prominent female superheroes in mainstream superhero comics, television shows, and films. Num Pages: 288 pages, 28 bw illus. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
Winner of the 2017 Eisner Award in the Best Academic/Scholarly Work category 2017 Prose Awards Honorable Mention, Media & Cultural Studies Over the last 75 years, superheroes have been portrayed most often as male, heterosexual, white, and able-bodied. Today, a time when many of these characters are billion-dollar global commodities, there are more female superheroes, more queer superheroes, more superheroes of color, and more disabled superheroes--but not many more. Superwomen investigates how and why female superhero characters have become more numerous but are still not-at-all close to parity with ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781501316579
SKU
V9781501316579
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Carolyn Cocca
Carolyn Cocca is Professor in the Department of Politics, Economics, and Law at the State University of New York, College at Old Westbury, USA. She is the author of Jailbait: The Politics of Statutory Rape Laws in the United States, and various articles and book chapters about gender and superheroes.

Reviews for Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation
Superwomen is an accessible text that can be enjoyed by both lay and expert readers. It succinctly summarizes the history and issues surrounding some of the most well-known female superheroes while having a robust bibliography and enough theoretical depth to satisfy any popular culture scholar.
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Insightful, sometimes depressing or infuriating, always engaging, Superwomen is an excellent addition ... Read more

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