Superhero Culture Wars (Graphic Novel)

Politics, Marketing, and Social Justice in Marvel Comics

Superhero Culture Wars (Graphic Novel)
Monica Flegel, Judith Leggatt
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14 Jan 2021 UK
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9781350148642
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The reactionary Comicsgate campaign against alleged "forced" diversity in superhero comics revealed the extent to which comics have become a key battleground in America' s Culture Wars. In the first in-depth scholarly study of Marvel Comics' most recent engagement with progressive politics, Superhero Culture Wars explores how the drive towards greater diversity among its characters and creators has interacted with the company' s commercial marketing and its traditional fan base. Along the way the book covers such topics as:* Major characters such as Miles Morales' s Spider-man, Kamala Khan' s Ms. Marvel, Jane Foster' s Thor, Sam Wilson' s Captain America and the Secret Empire series' turncoat Captain America * Creators such as G. Willow Wilson, Jason Aaron, Nick Spencer and Michael Bendis * Marketing, the Marvel Universe, and online fan culture Superhero Culture Wars demonstrates how the marketing of Marvel comics as politically progressive has both indelibly shaped its in-world universe and characters, and led to conflicts between its corporate interests, its creators, and it audience.
With its starting point that superhero comics are and have always been political, Superhero Culture Wars is a welcome examination of Marvel' s moves toward diversifying its characters in the 2010s. It illuminates not only the tensions between fans and storytellers, but also the tensions inherent in a company' s neoliberal strategy of marketing its products and itself as progressive in order to increase its profits. -- Carolyn Cocca, author of Eisner Award-winning Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation (Bloomsbury 2016), SUNY College at Old Westbury, USA Blatino Spidey. Muslim-American Ms. Marvel. Queer teen Hulk. For some, these and other superhero reincarnations ring the death knell to Western civilization. For others, they reflect a vitally attentive response to today' s social make-up and the spirit of our times. With dazzling scholarly dexterity, Monica Flegel and Judith Leggatt take us on the rollercoaster ride of Marvel Comics: how its socio-politically alert contemporary stories entertain, incite incendiary debate, reveal deep sociopolitical chasms, and act as agents of change. Superhero Culture Wars forcefully reminds: Comics matter! -- Frederick Luis Aldama, Eisner Award winning scholar and Distinguished University Professor, Ohio State University, USA
Judith Leggatt and Monica Flegel are Associate Professors of English at Lakehead University, Canada.
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ISBN-13: 9781350148642
Published: 14 Jan 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Pages: 208

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