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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821568703321

Titolo

Comic connections : reflecting on women in popular culture / / edited by Sandra Eckard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Roman & Littlefield, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-4758-2806-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 pages)

Disciplina

741.5/3522

Soggetti

Comic books, strips, etc - History and criticism

Women in literature

Women in popular culture

Graphic novels - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Reflecting on women in popular culture / Sandra Eckard -- Stepping into the role of dynamic protagonist: the evolution of Peggy Carter from romantic interest to covert operative / Mary T. Christel -- Wonder Woman: reading and teaching feminism with an Amazonian princess in an era of Jessica Jones / P.L. Thomas -- Ms. Marvel as a new kind of superheroine: analyzing identity, race, and gender with comics / Slimane Aboulkacem, Christopher Foster, Hannah R. Gerber, Ana Marcela Montenegro -- Who am I?: a discovery of self through comics with Buffy, the Vampire Slayer / Jennifer Marmo -- Elektra's cultural power and contradictions for our times / Michael D. Kennedy -- The power of Potts and Pens: women's roles in Iron Man and Superman / Sandra Eckard -- A hero's journey for diverse women in comics: teaching critical visual literacy skills through Serenity and parallel texts Ms. Marvel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Gotham  / Margaret A. Robbins -- "I think about that story a lot, actually": V for Vendetta and philosophy in a community college reading course / Joaquin Muñoz.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book is intended to be both an introduction to comics as well as a text for specific, ready-to-use activities that instructors can immediate use"--