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Heroines of Comic Books and Literature
eBook - Portrayals in Popular Culture
ISBN/EAN: 9781442231481
Umbreit-Nr.: 2146828
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 274 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 14.03.2014
Auflage: 1/2014
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <span><span>Despite the growing importance of heroines across literary cultureand sales figures that demonstrate both young adult and adult females are reading about heroines in droves, particularly in graphic novels, comic books, and YA literaturefew scholarly collections have examined the complex relationships between the representations of heroines and the changing societal roles for both women and men.<br><br>In</span><span>Heroines of Comic Books and Literature: Portrayals in Popular Culture</span><span>, editors Maja Bajac-Carter, Norma Jones, and Bob Batchelor have selected essays by award-winning contributors that offer a variety of perspectives on the representations of heroines in todays society. Focused on printed media, this collection looks at heroic women depicted in literature, graphic novels, manga, and comic books. Addressing heroines from such sources as the Marvel and DC comic universes, manga, and the Twilight novels, contributors go beyond the account of women as mothers, wives, warriors, goddesses, and damsels in distress.<br><br>These engaging and important essays situate heroines within culture, revealing them as tough and self-sufficient females who often break the bounds of gender expectations in places readers may not expect. Analyzing how women are and have been represented in print, this companion volume to</span><span>Heroines of Film and Television</span><span> will appeal to scholars of literature, rhetoric, and media as well as to broader audiences that are interested in portrayals of women in popular culture.</span></span>
- Kurztext
- <span><span>This edited collection offers a variety of perspectives focusing on representation of women as heroines across printed media. In addition, the book extends the discussion of heroines for the broader audience, which provides a much needed, more nuanced discussion of this topic across American popular culture. Contributors go beyond the expected account of women as mothers, wives, warriors, goddesses, and damsels in distress, to provide innovative analysis that situates heroines within culture, revealing them as tough, self-sufficient, and breaking the bounds of gender expectations in places readers may not have expected. Addressing portrayals from Marvel and DC universe, manga, Jack London¿s novels, to real-life heroes of Iraq war, this is an indispensable book for scholars in rhetoric, literature, popular culture, and others interested in women¿s issues. </span></span>
- Autorenportrait
- <span><span>Maja Bajac-Carter</span><span> is a doctoral candidate in Communication Studies at Kent State University. Her research focuses on gender, identity, and media studies. She is a contributor to</span><span>We Are What We Sell: How Advertising Shapes American Life . . . and Always Has</span><span>(2014).</span></span><br><br><span><span>Norma Jones</span><span> has a PhD in communication and information from Kent State University. She is an editor of Rowman& Littlefield's Sports Icons and Issues in Popular Culture book series and is coeditor of</span><span>Aging Heroes: Growing Old in Popular Culture</span><span>(Rowman& Littlefield, 2015).</span></span><br><br><span><span>Bob Batchelor</span><span> teaches in the Media, Journalism& Film department at Miami University and is the founding editor of the</span><span>Popular Culture Studies Journal</span><span>. Batchelor edits the Contemporary American Literature and Cultural History of Television book series for Rowman& Littlefield. Among his books are</span><span>John Updike: A Critical Biography</span><span> (2013),</span><span>Gatsby: The Cultural History of the Great American Novel</span><span> (Rowman& Littlefield, 2014), and</span><span>Mad Men: A Cultural History</span><span> (Rowman& Littlefield, 2016).</span></span>