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

• Pubblicazione: Lanham : , : Roman & Littlefield, , [2018]; ©2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (159 pages)
• Disciplina: 741.5/3522
• Soggetto topico: Comic books, strips, etc - History and criticism; Women in literature; Women in popular culture; Graphic novels - History and criticism
• Persona (resp. second.): EckardSandra
• 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"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Comic connections
• ISBN: 1-4758-2806-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821568703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II