The Supergirls : : Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines
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Includes index.
Goddesses of tomorrow -- 1940's: a secret life -- The queen & the princess -- 1950's: the girlfriends -- Supergirl and the ballad of American youth -- 1960's: the modern world -- Girls together (outrageously) -- 1970's: sirens & suffragettes -- Wonder Woman's extreme makeovers -- 1980's: the dark road -- Sex and the single superheroine -- 1990's: the babe years -- Heroine chic -- 2000 and beyond: mother love?
A cultural history of comic book heroines. Is their world of fantasy different from our own-- or an alternative saga of modern American women?
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PUBLISHED
[Ashland, Or.] : Exterminating Angel Press, c2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: vii, 323 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781935259039
1935259032
SUBJECTS
Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History and criticism.
Heroines in literature.
Women heroes in art.
Comic strip characters.