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Women in Marvel Films provides the first rigorous analysis of the portrayals of women, heroic and otherwise, in films based on Marvel comics from the 1980s to the present.

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9781474448826

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"Kent's book is a welcome addition to gender and comics studies. A thorough and progressive approach to the often overlooked women who populate the Marvel universe. This study deserves a spot on the bookshelves of anyone serious about superheroes.--Jeffrey Allan Brown, Bowling Green State University This is a significant contribution to the growing literature of postfeminist study in superhero comics.--L. Kong, Emeritus, California State University ""CHOICE"" Kent's Women in Marvel Films illuminates the tensions between feminism and postfeminism in multiple studios' representations of superheroines, wives, girlfriends, sisters, antiheroines, and villainesses. Its theoretically-rich formal analyses and character analyses make for a comprehensive contribution to film studies, comics studies, and gender studies.--Carolyn Cocca, author of Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation This book offers its reader diverse theoretical lenses and examples of their applications in the analysis and study of popular cultural artifacts. Women in Marvel Films proposes an analysis of different forms of womanhood, female relationships to their male superhero counterparts, and relevant political contexts.--Enrique Morales-Diaz, Westfield State University ""The Journal of Popular Culture"""

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Miriam Kent has a PhD in Film Studies with a focus on Marvel superheroes from the University of East Anglia, where she has taught a wide range of Film, Media and Gender Studies courses. She has published on superhero media with an interest in gender, representation and adaptation. Her previous work has appeared in academic journals, including Feminist Media Studies.

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