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Gender identity in comics


  • Here are entered works on the representation of gender identity in comics.

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    • found: Work cat.: The Routledge companion to gender and sexuality in comic book studies, 2021(summary: "The Routledge Companion to Gender and Sexuality in Comic Book Studies is a comprehensive, global and interdisciplinary examination of the essential relationship between gender, sexuality, comics and graphic novels") (OCoLC)1176317609
    • found: De Dauw, E. Hot pants and spandex suits : gender representation in American superhero comic books, 2021(summary: Looks at how superheroes have changed and adapted to either match or challenge prevailing ideas about gender, including views on masculinity and femininity in the US military, attitudes towards American national identity, how gender intersects with sexuality for gay superheroes and how the lack of representation of minority communities impacts the superhero of color. Considering how gender, race and sexuality are often inextricably enmeshed in representation politics, this book offers an analysis that examines how all these different identities intersect and how that intersection itself produces ideas about gender) (OCoLC)1143810903
    • found: Richardson, C. Batman and the Joker : contested sexuality in popular culture, 2022(summary: This cultural analysis of visual and narrative elements within Batman comics provides an important exploration of the ways readers and creators negotiate gender, identity, and sexuality in popular culture) (OCoLC)1155486105

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    • Here are entered works on the representation of gender identity in comics.

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    • [Established September 2022.]

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    • 2022-05-12: new
    • 2022-09-07: revised

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