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Supersex: Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero

Supersex: Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero

Peppard, Anna

Paperback

Series: World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction

General SociologySexuality

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ISBN10: 1477321616
ISBN13: 9781477321614
Publisher: Univ Of Texas Pr
Published: Mar 28 2023
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.02 Width: 5.91 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

2021 Comic Studies Society Prize for Edited Collection

From Superman and Batman to the X-Men and Young Avengers, Supersex interrogates the relationship between heroism and sexuality, shedding new light on our fantasies of both.

From Superman, created in 1938, to the transmedia DC and Marvel universes of today, superheroes have always been sexy. And their sexiness has always been controversial, inspiring censorship and moral panic. Yet though it has inspired jokes and innuendos, accusations of moral depravity, and sporadic academic discourse, the topic of superhero sexuality is like superhero sexuality itself--seemingly obvious yet conspicuously absent. Supersex: Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero is the first scholarly book specifically devoted to unpacking the superhero genre's complicated relationship with sexuality.

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