Employing a wide range of scholarly approaches, such as reception studies, feminist studies, racial studies and posthumanism studies, this volume examines the classical influence on the character of Wonder Woman. In particular, the contributors look at the cultural phenomenon of this female superhero across comic books and film. The result is an in-depth study that examines the influence ancient Greek mythology has on popular culture and, reversely, how modern media shapes contemporary views of the ancient Mediterranean world.
Introduced to the world via Sensation Comics in 1941, Wonder Woman remains one of the most identifiable superheroes today, and her narratives, which frequently involve love, inclusion and empathy, continue to speak to readers and viewers around the world. Engaging with her long and complex past, the chapters examine the history of this influential character and her associates, alongside her relevance within the field of classical reception and her gender identity. As such, this book presents Wonder Woman as the complex heroine that she is, and one who has both influenced and been influenced by our understanding of the ancient world.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface: What Wonder Woman Means to Us
- Acknowledgements
- Timeline
- Introduction
- Part I: Wonder Woman through the Ages
- 1 The Two Wonder Women: Gender Subversion and Audience in Marston/Peter Comics and Newspaper Strips
- 2 George Pérez and the Reinvention of Wonder Woman
- 3 Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark) and the Teen Titans
- 4 Compelling Love: Tracing Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth
- Part II: Amazons Ancient, Modern and Everything in Between
- 5 ‘This Is OUR Story’: Wonder Woman Historia, History and the Evolving Nature of the Amazons
- 6 Amazons and Ares: Battle Lines through Time
- 7 Animating Wonder Woman: Mythological Resonances in Wonder Woman (2009)
- 8 Themyscira in the Otherworld Tradition
- 9 What Is the Godkiller? Artificiality, Intention and Purpose in the Origins and Development of Diana Prince
- Part III: ‘Wonder Woman for President!’ The Politics of the Amazon Princess
- 10 The United Nations Decade for (Wonder) Women: Wonder Woman, the UN and Women’s Liberation
- 11 Blurring the Boundaries: Gal Gadot, Wonder Woman, Peace and Violence
- 12 The New Wonder Woman and the Saviour of Western Civilization
- 13 Themysciran Racial Framing and Anti-Racism in DC’s ‘Trial of the Amazons’
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright
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