Women in Marvel Films

Miriam Kent (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2023
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-4883-3 (ISBN)

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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.

Miriam Kent has a PhD in Film Studies with a focus on Marvel superheroes from the University of East Anglia, where she has taught a wide range of Film, Media and Gender Studies courses. She has published on superhero media with an interest in gender, representation and adaptation. Her previous work has appeared in academic journals, including Feminist Media Studies.

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!

BibliographyFilmographyIndex

Erscheinungsdatum	16.08.2020
Zusatzinfo	25 black and white illustrations
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-4744-4883-6 / 1474448836
ISBN-13	978-1-4744-4883-3 / 9781474448833
Zustand	Neuware