Betty and Veronica

The Leading Ladies of Riverdale

Tim Hanley (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2020
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-2973-9 (ISBN)

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We think we know Betty and Veronica from Archie comics, but we don’t. This book examines how these two female characters have evolved over the decades, from stereotypes of the 1940s to more sophisticated representations in recent years. They are far more than just Archie’s girlfriends, and this book explores the depths of these cultural icons.

We think we know Betty and Veronica, but we don’t. Far more than just Archie’s girlfriends, the girls have grown beyond simple archetypes to become compelling, relevant characters for each new generation over the past eighty years.

Betty, Veronica, and the rest of the Riverdale gang appear to be frozen in time in Archie comic books. They are perpetual high schoolers, recycling the same basic plotlines over and over in their wholesome, small-town American world. However, there is much more to Betty and Veronica than the broad stereotypes and clichéd storytelling suggests.

In Betty and Veronica: The Leading Ladies of Riverdale, Tim Hanley explores the complexity behind these two iconic characters. We know Betty and Veronica as Archie's girlfriends, but that's just the beginning—they are their own women with evolving motivations and aims. From fighting over Archie to tackling women’s lib to chasing down serial killers on Riverdale, their friendship has endured and grown through decades of shifting characterizations and social change. Exploring their past offers unique insights into the ways life has progressed for young women over the past eighty years, and shows us the hidden strengths and secret depths of these pop culture icons.

Featuring full-color comic book cover art that spans nearly eight decades of publishing—along with behind-the-scenes accounts of creative decisions and historical insights into their many incarnations across various media—this bookprovides a vibrant exploration of Betty and Veronica’s many adventures throughout their long, intriguing journey in popular culture.

Tim Hanley is a comic book historian and the author of Wonder Woman Unbound (2014), Investigating Lois Lane (2016), and The Many Lives of Catwoman (2017). His work has also appeared in the Atlantic, Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Comics Journal. As a boy, he had a stack of Archie Comics digests taller than he was, and this remains the case today even though he is considerably taller now. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Introduction
1. The Men behind the Girls
2. New in Town
3. On the Airwaves
4. Solo Shenanigans
5. Archie’s Girls
6. Sad Sack
7. Curtailed by the Code
8. Friendly Competition
9. Spies and Superteens
10. The Clone Wars
11. Candy Girls
12. Getting Real
13. Female Power
14. The Ladies and the Lord
15. Heel Turn
16. Digestible Fun
17. Small-Screen Experimentation
18. Course Correction
19. Eventualities
20. A Troubling Decade
21. Under New Management
22. Reboot and Regress
23. Small-Town Girls
24. The Adventurous Blonde
25. High Society
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Zusatzinfo	1 BW Photo, 23 Color Photos
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 240 mm
Gewicht	544 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Comic
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-5381-2973-6 / 1538129736
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-2973-9 / 9781538129739
Zustand	Neuware