The Supergirls

Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines

Author: Mike Madrid
ISBN: 9781935259039

"The Supergirls is a long overdue tribute to the fabulous fighting females whose beauty and bravery brighten the pages of your favorite comics.”--STAN LEE "A thoughtful, comprehensive history of women in comics . . . The Supergirls gleefully celebrates the medium itself, in all its goofy, glorious excess.” --NPR "Best Five Books To Share With Your Friends” citation "Sharp and lively--and just obsessive enough about women who wear capes and boots to be cool but not creepy. [Madrid] clearly loves this stuff. And he's enough of a historian to be able to trace the ways in which the portrayal of sirens and supergirls has echoed society's ever-changing feelings about women and sex.” --Entertainment Weekly Has Wonder Woman hit the comic book glass ceiling? Is that the one opposition that even her Amazonian strength can’t defeat? Entertaining and informative, The Supergirls explores iconic superheroines and what it means for the culture when they do everything the superhero does,

Publisher: Exterminating Angel Press
Publish Date: 2009

Subjects: Literary Criticism / Feminist, Literary Criticism / Comics & Graphic Novels, Social Science / Popular Culture, Social Science / Women's Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Media)