Superheroes, Communication, and Culture (eBook)

Acknowledgements

Introduction
Adam W. Tyma (University of Nebraska Omaha, USA), Matthew R. Meier (West Chester University, USA), and Dana Schowalter (Western Oregon University, USA)

Part I: Political Economy and Politics
1. #WheresBlackWidow: Hashtag Activism, Paratexts, and Reluctant Investments in Profitable Women Superheroes
Dana Schowalter
2. Logan, Situated Ideological Allegory, and the American Dream/Nightmare
Talya Slaw (University of Mississippi, USA) and Jacob Justice (University of Mississippi, USA)

Part II: Gender Studies and Feminisms
3. "Unusual Voting Activity" or the Hermeneutics and Aesthetics of Misogyny in the Review-Bombing of She-Hulk
Daniel Horvath (California State University, Stanislaus, USA)
4. Clearing Her Ledger: Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow and Transcending the Male Gaze
Katelyn Lambert (University of Central Florida, USA)
5. "I have nothing to prove to you": Audience Interpretations of Feminism and Nostalgia in Captain Marvel
Michaela D.E. Meyer (Christopher Newport University, USA)

Part III: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity
6. From Aztlan to Talokan: Namor as Living Memory
Gabriel Cruz (North Carolina Central University Durham, USA)
7. "Just 'cause you carry that shield, it doesn't mean you're Captain America" - Carrying on Steve's Legacy
Elizabeth Shiller (Georgia Southwestern State University, USA)
8. Strong Asian Women: Resisting Stereotypes and Redefining Femininity in Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Stephanie Young (University of Southern Indiana, USA)

Part IV: Symbols and Signs
9. Marvel's Monstrosity: Deadpool and the Delight of White Violence
Matthew R. Meier
10. The Grief that Bewitches Us: Understanding Wanda Maximoff as a Metaphor for Collective Trauma and Its Implications on Cinematic Representations
Erika Thomas
11. "What does that shield mean?" Understanding Captain America's Shield as a Complex Symbolic and Discursive Construct Throughout the MCU, Specifically Falcon and The Winter Soldier
Adam W. Tyma

About the Contributors
Index