LEADER 03090oam 2200445 450 001 9910794207603321 005 20230629235423.0 010 $a1-9788-0607-8 024 7 $a10.36019/9781978806078 035 $a(CKB)4100000011645820 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6423126 035 $a(DE-B1597)576070 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781978806078 035 $a(OCoLC)1227386548 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011645820 100 $a20210531d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHot pants and spandex suits $egender representation in American superhero comics /$fEsther De Dauw 210 1$aNew Brunswick, New Jersey :$cRutgers University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (206 p.) $c4 b-w images, 22 color images 311 0 $a1-9788-0604-3 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1 White Superheroes and Masculinity --$tChapter 2 The White Female Body --$tChapter 3 Gay Characters and Social Progress --$tChapter 4 Legacy, Community, and the Superhero of Color --$tAcknowledgments --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe superheroes from DC and Marvel comics are some of the most iconic characters in popular culture today. But how do these figures idealize certain gender roles, body types, sexualities, and racial identities at the expense of others? Hot Pants and Spandex Suits offers a far-reaching look at how masculinity and femininity have been represented in American superhero comics, from the Golden and Silver Ages to the Modern Age. Scholar Esther De Dauw contrasts the bulletproof and musclebound phallic bodies of classic male heroes like Superman, Captain America, and Iron Man with the figures of female counterparts like Wonder Woman and Supergirl, who are drawn as superhumanly flexible and plastic. It also examines the genre?s ambivalent treatment of LGBTQ representation, from the presentation of gay male heroes Wiccan and Hulkling as a model minority couple to the troubling association of Batwoman?s lesbianism with monstrosity. Finally, it explores the intersection between gender and race through case studies of heroes like Luke Cage, Storm, and Ms. Marvel. Hot Pants and Spandex Suits is a fascinating and thought-provoking consideration of what superhero comics teach us about identity, embodiment, and sexuality. 606 $aSuperheroes in literature 610 $aGender Studies, Representation, Superhero, Comic Books, DC, Marvel, Pop Culture, Media, Mass Media, Gender Roles, Sexualities, Race, Identity, Golden Age, Silver Age, Captain America, Iron Man, Classics, LGBTQ, Genre, Superman, Legacy, Masculinity, Heroes, Culture, America. 615 0$aSuperheroes in literature. 676 $a741.5352 700 $aDe Dauw$b Esther$01501621 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794207603321 996 $aHot pants and spandex suits$93728837 997 $aUNINA