Girl of Steel: Essays on Television's Supergirl and Fourth-Wave Feminism

ISBN-13: 9781476672014 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 228 str.

Melissa Wehler; Tim Rayborn

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"Our Girl": An Introduction to Essays on the Supergirl
Television Series (Melissa Wehler and Tim Rayborn) 1
Why Not Superwoman? Constructing the Feminism of Supergirl
What to Do with Supergirl? Fairy Tale Tropes, Female Power
and Conflicted Feminist Discourse (Marcie Panutsos Rovan) 11
The Super "It" Girl: A New Brand for a Classic Icon (Melissa Wehler) 27
Lies, Damned Lies and Relationships: The Deceits and Secrets
That Plague the Couples of Supergirl, Season 2 (Tim Rayborn) 45
Supergirl and Lena Luthor: Constructing Public and Private Personas
(Johanna Church) 65
Female Otherness and Intersectionality in Supergirl
"Pull up your ­big-girl pants, and own your power": Feminist
Anger and the Working Woman in The CW's Supergirl (Justin Wigard) 85
Krypton's Rage: Contrasting the Emotions and Powers of Supergirl in Television and the New 52 (Nicholas William Moll) 102
"I embraced who I am and I don't want to stop": Queering Supergirl
(Jaime Chris Weida) 118
"It's real, you're real, and you deserve a full, happy life":
Supergirl's "Sanvers" as an Affirmation to Queer Tumblr Fangirls Everywhere (Chelsea M. Gibbs) 140
Supergirl's Sisterhoods: Feminism as a Family Affair
Sisterhood of Steel: The Powerful Bond That Is the Heart of The CW's Supergirl (Donna J. Cromeans) 161
"Women of power and the mothers who molded them":
Matriarchal Mentorship and Symbols of Sisterhood
in Supergirl (Courtney Lee Weida) 180
El Mayarah: The Danvers Sisters as Chosen Family (Sarah J. Palm) 199
About the Contributors 217
Index 219