SUPERWOMEN / GENDER, POWER AND REPRESENTATION

Specifically, the book explores the production, representations, and receptions of prominent transmedia female superheroes from thei r creation to the present: Wonder Woman/ Batgirl and Oracle/ Ms.Marvel and Captain Marvel/ Buffy the Vampire Slayer/ Star Wars' Padm e Amidala, Leia Organa, Jaina Solo, and Rey/ and X-Men's Jean Grey, Storm, Kitty Pryde, Rogue, and Mystique. It analyzes their chang ing portrayals in comics, novels, television shows, and films, as well as how cultural narratives of gender have been negotiated thr ough fem...[Read more]