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Title:

Superheroes and masculinity : unmasking the gender performance of heroism / edited by Sean Parson and J.L. Schatz.

Publisher:

Lexington Books,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

vi, 146 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Comic books, strips, etc.--History and criticism.
Superheroes in literature.
Masculinity in literature.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Masculinity in literature.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Superheroes in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Other Authors:

Parson, Sean, editor.
Schatz, J. L., editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The new Teen Titans for queer boys: emergent masculinities and sentimental superhero melodrama in the 1980s / Deconstructing the hero-sidekick bromance: Foggy, Kato, and the masculine performance of friendship / Brian Johnson. If she be worthy: performance of female masculinty and toxic Greek masculinity in Jason Aaron's Thor: the Goddess of Thunder / Hailey J. Austin -- Witches and witchbreed in Marvel 1602 / Kevin Cummings -- THe Joker's Dionysian philosphy of gender and sexuality in The dark knight / Jacob Murel -- There are different ways of being strong: Steven Universe and devloping a caring superhero masculinity / Julian Barr, David J. Roberts, and Edgar Sandoval -- There must always be a Thor: Marvel's Thor the Goddess of Thunder and the disruption of heroic masculinities / Kiera M. Gaswint -- Poisoning masculinity: Poison Ivy as a counter-narrative of villainy and trauma through representations of queer love in DC's Everyone loves Ivy / T.J. Buttgereit, Emily Mendelson, and J.L. Schatz -- The new Teen Titans for queer boys: emergent masculinities and sentimental superhero melodrama in the 1980s / Brian Johnson.

ISBN:

9781498591492
1498591493

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1112203368

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)