Diverging the Popular, Gender and Trauma AKA The Jessica Jones Anthology
Jessica Jones made her first Marvel Comics appearance in
Diverging the Popular, Gender and Trauma AKA The Jessica Jones Anthology brings together a diverse group of scholars to explore the evolving depiction of the superheroine as embodied in both Jessica Jones and in the series. Contributors draw on trauma-informed study, lived experience, feminist approaches, cultural studies, and more to present multifaceted analyses. Specifically addressing survivorship, trauma, masculinities, and militarization, this book makes space for conversations that recognize the diverse, multi-layered narratives and complex, sometimes contradictory depictions presented by the show.
Taking Jessica Jones as part of an evolving depiction of the superheroine, this anthology focuses not only on the content of the television series but female superheroes more broadly. It recognizes and critically discusses gendered and racialized roles and spaces, the changing expectations of fans, and the places in which media industries and fans interact. Connecting Jessica Jones to the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe, this is a thoughtful and thorough study of a ground-breaking character and boundary-pushing show.
With contributions by: Mary Grace Lao, Pree Rehal, Jessica Bay, Catherine Jenkins, Natalja Chestopalova, Sarah Stag, Eric Ross, Ian Fitzgerald, Jessica Seymour, Brett Pardy, Anastasia Salter, Bridget M. Blodgett, Kiera Obbard, Michelle Johnson, Tracey Thomas, Sorouja Moll, Caitlynn Fairbarns, Arun Jacob, Elizabeth DiEmanuele
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PDF PDF Conclusion: Considering Jessica Jones as a Moment in Time
PDF Chapter 15: "AKA WWJD?": Interrogating Gendered Ideologies and Urban Revanchism
PDF Chapter 14: Representations of Rape and Race
PDF Chapter 13: "I Can't Leave": The Iconography of Hysteria and the Anti-Superhero
PDF Chapter 12: Code Word, "I Love You": Sisterhood, Friendship, and Trauma
PDF Chapter 11: Before Kilgrave, After Kilgrave: The Choreographic Effects of Trauma on the Female Body
PDF Chapter 10: "Tell Us Which One Of Us Was Truly Violated": Disrupting Narratives of Rape, Trauma, and Consent
PDF Undeniably Charming, Undeniably Wicked, and Our Shameful Kilgrave Crush
PDF Chapter 8: #Kilgraved: Geek Masculinity and Entitlement in Marvel's Villains
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- isbn9781773855752
- publisherUniversity of Calgary Press
- publisher placeCalgary, AB
- restrictionsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- rightsThis Open Access work is published under a Creative Commons licence.