商品簡介
This edited collection offers a variety of perspectives focusing on representation of women as heroines across printed media. In addition, the book extends the discussion of heroines for the broader audience, which provides a much needed, more nuanced discussion of this topic across American popular culture. Contributors go beyond the expected account of women as mothers, wives, warriors, goddesses, and damsels in distress, to provide innovative analysis that situates heroines within culture, revealing them as tough, self-sufficient, and breaking the bounds of gender expectations in places readers may not have expected. Addressing portrayals from Marvel and DC universe, manga, Jack London’s novels, to real-life heroes of Iraq war, this is an indispensable book for scholars in rhetoric, literature, popular culture, and others interested in women’s issues.
作者簡介
Maja Bajac-Carter is a doctoral student at Kent State University. Her research is focused on gender, identity, and media studies. She is a contributor to We Are What We Sell: How Advertising Shapes American Life…And Always Has (2014).
Norma Jones is a doctoral student at Kent State University and her research is focused on heroic narratives in popular culture. She has contributed essays to the American History through American Sports (2012) and Great Lives from History series.
Bob Batchelor is James Pedas Professor of Communication and Executive Director of the James Pedas Communication Center at Thiel College. He is the author or editor of more than 21 books, including John Updike: A Critical Biography (2013). He is a member of the editorial advisory board of The Journal of Popular Culture and editor of the Contemporary American Literature series published by Rowman & Littlefield.
