Panthers, Hulks and Ironhearts : : Marvel, Diversity and the 21st Century Superhero / / Jeffrey A. Brown.
Marvel is one of the hottest media companies in the world right now, and its beloved superheroes are all over film, television and comic books. Yet rather than simply cashing in on the popularity of iconic white male characters like Peter Parker, Tony Stark and Steve Rogers, Marvel has consciously d...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (179 p.) :; 1 b-w image, 35 color images |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Marvel and Modern America
- 1. Spider-Analogues: Unmarking and Unmasking White Male Superheroism
- 2. The Replacements: Ethnicity, Gender, and Legacy Heroes in Marvel Comics
- 3. Superdad: Luke Cage and Heroic Fatherhood in the Civil War Comic
- 4. Black Panther: Aspiration, Identification, and Appropriation
- 5. Iron Fist: Ethnicity, Appropriation, and Repatriation
- 6. Totally Awesome Asian Heroes versus Stereotypes
- 7. A New America: Marvelous Latinx Superheroes
- 8. Ms. Marvel: A Thoroughly Relatable Muslim Superheroine
- Afterword: “Because the World Still Needs Heroes!”
- References
- Index