"Suffering Sappho!"

ISBN-13: 9780367704384 / Miękka / 2023 / 122 str.

Opis

This book explores the past place, current presence, and possible future status of lesbianism in comics.

Spis treści

Introduction

Michelle Ann Abate, Karly Marie Grice and Christine N. Stamper

1. Lovers, enemies, and friends: The complex and coded early history of lesbian comic strip characters

Caitlin McGurk

2. A regressive formula of perversity: Wertham and the women of comics

Carol L. Tilley

3. Making space: Jennifer Camper, LGBTQ anthologies, and queer comics communities

Margaret Galvan

4. Representations of same-sex relationships between female characters in all-ages comics: Princess Princess Ever After and Lumberjanes

Erica Gillingham

5. Situating Cyberzone: Black lesbian identity in comics

Sheena C. Howard

6. Survival angst: Reading Hothead Paisan in the Trump era

Cynthia Barounis

7. "There is no such thing as a straight woman": Queer female representations in South Asian graphic narratives

Poushali Bhadury

8. PoC, LGBTQ, and gender: The intersectionality of America Chavez

Laura M. Jiménez

O autorze

Michelle Ann Abate is Professor of Literature for children and young adults at The Ohio State University.

Karly Marie Grice is Assistant Professor of English Education at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire.

Christine N. Stamper is independent scholar based in Michigan.