TY  - GEN
T1  - Hot pants and spandex suits : gender representation in American superhero comic books
A1  - De Dauw, Esther
LA  - English
PP  - New Brunswick, New Jersey
PB  - Rutgers University Press
YR  - 2021
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1227386548
AB  - The 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.
OP  - 205
CN  - PN6725
SN  - 9781978806078
SN  - 1978806078
SN  - 9781978806054
SN  - 1978806051
SN  - 9781978806061
SN  - 197880606X
SN  - 9781978806047
SN  - 9781978806030
SN  - 1978806035
SN  - 1978806043
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc. : United States : History and criticism.
KW  - Superheroes in comics.
KW  - Gender identity in comics.
KW  - Race awareness in comics.
KW  - National characteristics, American, in comics.
KW  - Superheroes in literature.
KW  - Gender identity in literature.
KW  - Race awareness in literature.
KW  - Superhéros dans la littérature.
KW  - Identité de genre dans la littérature.
KW  - Conscience de race dans la littérature.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
KW  - Superheroes in comics
KW  - National characteristics, American, in comics
KW  - Gender identity in comics
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc.
KW  - United States
KW  - Gender 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.
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - Comics criticism
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
KW  - Comics criticism.
KW  - Critiques de bandes dessinées et de romans graphiques.
ER  -