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1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 48 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Series |
World comics and graphic nonfiction series.
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| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by C. S. E. Cooney. |
| Summary |
The history of comics has centered almost exclusively on men. Comics historians largely describe the medium as one built by men telling tales about male protagonists, neglecting the many ways in which women fought for legitimacy on the page and in publishers' studios. Despite this male-dominated focus, women played vital roles in the early history of comics. The story of how comic books were born and how they evolved changes dramatically when women like June Tarpe Mills and Lily Renee are placed at the center rather than at the margins of this history, and when characters such as the Black Cat, Patsy Walker, and Señorita Rio are analyzed. Comic Book Women offers a feminist history of the golden age of comics, revising our understanding of how numerous genres emerged and upending narratives of how male auteurs built their careers. Considering issues of race, gender, and sexuality, the authors examine crime, horror, jungle, romance, science fiction, superhero, and Western comics to unpack the cultural and industrial consequences of how women were represented across a wide range of titles by publishers like DC, Timely, Fiction House, and others. This revisionist history reclaims the forgotten work done by women in the comics industry and reinserts female creators and characters into the canon of comics history. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Women cartoonists -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- Women authors -- History -- 20th century.
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Comic strip characters -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Women superheroes -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Women in literature -- History -- 20th century.
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Heroines in literature -- History -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Davis, Blair, 1975- author.
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Robbins, Trina, writer of foreword.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781666191455 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1666191450 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14831214 |
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