Superwomen by Carolyn Cocca - 9781501316579

SuperwomenGender, Power, and Representation\nAuthor(s): Carolyn Cocca\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781501316579, 978-1501316579\nSynopsis\nWinner of the 2017 Eisner Award in the Best Academic/Scholarly Work category\n\n2017 Prose Awards Honorable Mention, Media & Cultural Studies\n\nOver the last 75 years, superheroes have been portrayed most often as male, heterosexual, white, and able-bodied. Today, a time when many of these characters are billion-dollar global commodities, there are more female superheroes, more queer superheroes, more superheroes of color, and more disabled superheroes--but not many more. \n\nSuperwomen investigates how and why female superhero characters have become more numerous but are still not-at-all close to parity with their male counterparts; how and why they have become a flashpoint for struggles over gender, sexuality, race, and disability; what has changed over time.