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Reading Wonder Woman's Body: Mythologies of Gender and Nation
Author(s) -
EMAD MITRA C.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of popular culture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1540-5931
pISSN - 0022-3840
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2006.00329.x
Subject(s) - wonder , comics , mythology , reading (process) , citation , sociology , media studies , literature , psychology , art , library science , linguistics , philosophy , social psychology , computer science
during the ‘‘Golden Age’’ of comics (the 1940s) and continue to the present day constitute a rich arena for exploring cultural meanings about America as a nation and the mythologies of national identity pervasive during specific historical moments. Traditionally a popular cultural venue marketed primarily to children, how do comic books reflect and create particular imaginaries of nationhood? Through all kinds of commodities besides the comic book itself (posters, T-shirts, action figures, dolls, lunch boxes, children’s games, costumes, refrigerator magnets, journals, coffee mugs, etc.) the comic book superhero, Wonder Woman, remains ‘‘instantly recognizable’’ in