{"product_id":"monstrous-women-in-comics-9781496827630","title":"Monstrous Women in Comics","description":"Contributions by Novia Shih-Shan Chen, Elizabeth Rae Coody, Keri Crist-Wagner, Sara Durazo-DeMoss, Charlotte Johanne Fabricius, Ayanni C. Hanna, Christina M. Knopf, Tomoko Kuribayashi, Samantha Langsdale, Jeannie Ludlow, Marcela Murillo, Sho Ogawa, Pauline J. Reynolds, Stefanie Snider, J. Richard Stevens, Justin Wigard, Daniel F. Yezbick, and Jing Zhang \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Monsters seem to be everywhere these days, in popular shows on television, in award-winning novels, and again and again in Hollywood blockbusters. They are figures that lurk in the margins and so, by contrast, help to illuminate the center--the embodiment of abnormality that summons the definition of normalcy by virtue of everything they are not. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Samantha Langsdale and Elizabeth Rae Coody's edited volume explores the coding of woman as monstrous and how the monster as dangerously evocative of women\/femininity\/the female is exacerbated by the intersection of gender with sexuality, race, nationality, and disability. To analyze monstrous women is not only to examine comics, but also to witness how those constructions correspond to women's real material experiences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Each section takes a critical look at the cultural context surrounding varied monstrous voices: embodiment, maternity, childhood, power, and performance. Featured are essays on such comics as \u003ci\u003eFaith\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMonstress\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBitch Planet\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBatgirl \u003c\/i\u003eand such characters as Harley Quinn and Wonder Woman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume probes into the patriarchal contexts wherein men are assumed to be representative of the normative, universal subject, such that women frequently become monsters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samantha Langsdale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Horror and Monstrosity Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496827630","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43211640537225,"sku":"9781496827630","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_712bf4c8-6b3b-410e-8001-55de14397ad4.jpg?v=1734427433","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/monstrous-women-in-comics-9781496827630","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}