Robin and the Making of American Adolescence: Comics Culture
Autor Lauren R. O'Connoren Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 aug 2021 – vârsta ani
Holy adolescence, Batman! Robin and the Making of American Adolescence offers the first character history and analysis of the most famous superhero sidekick, Robin. Debuting just a few months after Batman himself, Robin has been an integral part of the Dark Knight’s history—and debuting just a few months prior to the word “teenager” first appearing in print, Robin has from the outset both reflected and reinforced particular images of American adolescence. Closely reading several characters who have “played” Robin over the past eighty years, Robin and the Making of American Adolescence reveals the Boy (and sometimes Girl!) Wonder as a complex figure through whom mainstream culture has addressed anxieties about adolescents in relation to sexuality, gender, and race. This book partners up comics studies and adolescent studies as a new Dynamic Duo, following Robin as he swings alongside the ever-changing American teenager and finally shining the Bat-signal on the latter half of “Batman and—.”
Preț: 266.92 lei
Nou
Puncte Express: 400
Preț estimativ în valută:
51.10€ • 53.12$ • 42.37£
51.10€ • 53.12$ • 42.37£
Carte indisponibilă temporar
Doresc să fiu notificat când acest titlu va fi disponibil:
Se trimite...
Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76
Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781978819795
ISBN-10: 197881979X
Pagini: 222
Ilustrații: 18 color images, 1 table
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Rutgers University Press
Colecția Rutgers University Press
Seria Comics Culture
ISBN-10: 197881979X
Pagini: 222
Ilustrații: 18 color images, 1 table
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Rutgers University Press
Colecția Rutgers University Press
Seria Comics Culture
Notă biografică
LAUREN R. O'CONNOR holds a doctorate in American Culture Studies from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio and a master of arts in Counseling and Human Services. She is based in Batavia, Illinois. She is a licensed adolescent counselor and studies the history of the American teenager and has published in the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, the Journal of Popular Culture, and contributed a chapter to Uncanny Bodies: Superhero Comics and Disability.
Cuprins
Introduction
Chapter One The Secret Origins of Adolescence
Chapter Two Robin, Nightwing, Batman: The Shifting Sexuality of Dick Grayson
Chapter Three Girls Wonder: Young Female Robins in the Modern Age of Comics
Chapter Four Mixed Signals: Adolescence, Race, and Robin
Chapter Five The Sidekick on Screen: Images of Robin in Television and Film
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Chapter One The Secret Origins of Adolescence
Chapter Two Robin, Nightwing, Batman: The Shifting Sexuality of Dick Grayson
Chapter Three Girls Wonder: Young Female Robins in the Modern Age of Comics
Chapter Four Mixed Signals: Adolescence, Race, and Robin
Chapter Five The Sidekick on Screen: Images of Robin in Television and Film
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
“Lauren R. O’Connor explains Robin—as a teen, as a superhero, as a symbol—as a necessary way to understand adolescence in America along the axes of age, class, gender, and race. O'Connor does us all a favor and gives us a way to know how this enduring figure of adolescence fits into the superhero genre, into comics publishing, and into American culture.”
"In Robin and the Making of American Adolescence, Lauren R. O'Connor deftly demonstrates how various iterations of Robin express contemporary anxieties about adolescence, sexuality, gender, and race. This insightful, engaging study discusses the various ways Batman's sidekick is often kicked aside; it urges us to see how Robin's subordinate position mirrors young people's peripheral status. Robin and the Making of American Adolescence is a valuable contribution to histories of comics and adolescence."
"In this engaging account located at the intersection of youth studies and comics studies, O’Connor uses Robin as a lens to look at shifting cultural constructions of adolescence in the USA over time. In doing so she emphasizes the significance of the longevity of the character and the diversity of the individuals who have taken on the role."
"Holy adolescence, Batman! Robin and the Making of American Adolescence offers the first character history and analysis of the most famous superhero sidekick, Robin. Debuting just a few months after Batman himself, Robin has been an integral part of the Dark Knight’s history—and debuting just a few months prior to the word 'teenager' first appearing in print, Robin has from the outset both reflected and reinforced particular images of American adolescence. Closely reading several characters who have 'played' Robin over the past eighty years, Robin and the Making of American Adolescence reveals the Boy (and sometimes Girl!) Wonder as a complex figure through whom mainstream culture has addressed anxieties about adolescents in relation to sexuality, gender, and race. This book partners up comics studies and adolescent studies as a new Dynamic Duo, following Robin as he swings alongside the ever-changing American teenager and finally shining the Bat-signal on the latter half of 'Batman and—.'"
Descriere
Holy adolescence, Batman! This book offers the first character history and analysis of the most famous superhero sidekick, Robin. It partners up comics studies and adolescent studies as a new Dynamic Duo, revealing the Boy (and sometimes Girl!) Wonder as a complex figure through whom mainstream culture has addressed anxieties about American teens.