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Draws attention to the manifestation of feminist issues within Marvel superhero films
Reaches to film studies, comics studies, cultural studies and gender studies to make sense of portrayals of feminine identity through a detailed critique of postfeminist culture
Includes discussion of Marvel films, comics and discursive paratexts to provide evidence for the films' role within postfeminist culture, which is characterised as taking account of feminism while heralding the idea of empowered femininity
Highlights the characterisations of women, narratives and cinematic elements such as music and mise-en-sc ne, questioning how these elements collectively engage with gendered discourses
The concept of identity in superhero narratives has become a burgeoning field in academic studies of this increasingly popular cinematic genre. Women in Marvel Films provides the first rigorous analysis of the portrayals of women, heroic and otherwise, in films based on Marvel comics from the 1980s to the present. It explores the relationships between this cultural phenomenon and wider issues of gender equality, considering the cultural moments in which Marvel films are made and incorporating complex histories of the comic book and Hollywood industries. The book also asks how feminist issues surface within superhero adaptations and how they are dealt with via Hollywood and comic book conventions. Women in Marvel Films shows how the Marvel superhero film taps into political complexities regarding gender and related identity issues, such as women's roles in society and their relation to men, and provides a fascinating insight into gendered power dynamics in contemporary American popular culture.
Contents
List of FiguresAcknowledgements
Introducing... The Mighty Women of Marvel!
Comics on Screen: What is at Stake in Representing Marvel Women?The (Super)Power of Feminist Film StudiesWe're In This Together Now: Mediating Womanhood through Postfeminist Culture
1. 'You have a knack for saving my life!': Wives, Girlfriends and Women in Refrigerators in Marvel Films
Damsels in Distress and Women in Refrigerators across MediaWomen in Refrigerators in Marvel Film Adaptations
2. Pepper Potts and Gwenn Stacy: Recuperating the Superhero Girlfriend
Iron (Wo)ManThe Amazing Gwen Stacy
3. With Great Power Comes Great Frustration? Configurations of Hero(ine)ism in Marvel Films
Superheroines and Postfeminist Media CultureWith Great Power Comes Great Frustration
4. Playing Superheroine: Feminine Subjectivity and (Postfeminist) Masquerade
'I Want You to Be the Best Version of Yourself': Postfeminist Masquerade and Subjectivity in Captain Marvel
5. Marvel Legacy: Girl Heroism and Intergenerationality and in Marvel Films
Interconnected Womanhood in ElektraAll-New, All-Different: The Legacy of Wolverine in Logan
6. Mad With Power: Female Villainy in Marvel Films
Wicked Witches and Poisonous WomenDisease, Toxicity and Poison in Marvel's Evil WomenMake Asgard Great Again: Villainy and the Feminine Spectre of White Supremacy in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
7. Mutants, Cyborgs and Femininity Unfixed? Addressing the Gendered Bodies of Mystique and Nebula
Fluid Gender and the Politics of the X-Men FilmsThe Strangest Superhero of All: Nebula's Cyborg Subjectivity
8. Disrupting the Rainbow Bridge: Dysfunctional Heterosexuality and Reinforcing Gender Difference in Marvel Adaptations
Dysfunctional Heterosexuality in Marvel Films
9. Black Skin, Blue Skin: Race and Femininity in Marvel Films
The Politics of "Diversity" in Marvel Properties
10. The (Afro)Future of a Diverse Marvel: Gender, Race and Empire in Thor: Ragnarok and Black Panther
Asgard as a People—Racial Ambiguity in Thor: Ragnarok's HeroinesWakanda Forever: Black Femininity and the (Afro)Future
Afterword: Some Concluding Remarks on Marvel Women... Thus Far!
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