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  1. Half Title Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. Introduction
  7. Episode Guide
  8. Part 1
    1. Part 1 A New Kind of Superhero: Film Noir and the Anti-hero
    2. 1 When Is a Superhero Not a Superhero?
    3. 2 Defining “Rebel Femme Noir” through Genre Hybridization in Cinematic and Comics Narratives of Jessica Jones
    4. 3 “My Greatest Weakness? Occasionally I Give a Damn”: (Super)Heroic Duty, Responsibility, and Morality
    5. 4 Watch Party: Watching Jessica Jones Watch Others
    6. 5 “So Go After the Big Green Guy or the Flag Waver.”: The MCU Reality Bridge
  9. Part 2
    1. Part 2 Portrayals of Masculinities, Male Violence, and Entitlement
    2. 6 From Devils to Milquetoast Little Man-Boys
    3. 7 Will Simpson and the Failure of Militarized Masculinity
    4. 8 #Kilgraved: Geek Masculinity and Entitlement in Marvel’s Villains
    5. 9 Undeniably Charming, Undeniably Wicked, and Our Shameful Kilgrave Crush
  10. Part 3
    1. Part 3 Surviving Trauma
    2. 10 “Tell Us Which One of Us Was Truly Violated”: Disrupting Narratives of Trauma, Rape, and Consent
    3. 11 Before Kilgrave, After Kilgrave: The Choreographic Effects of Trauma on the Female Body
    4. 12 Code Word, “I Love You”: Sisterhood, Friendship, and Trauma
    5. 13 “I Can’t Leave”: The Iconography of Hysteria and the Anti-superhero 
    6. 14 Representations of Rape and Race
    7. 15 “AKA WWJD?” Interrogating Gendered Ideologies and Urban Revanchism
  11. Conclusion: Considering Jessica Jones as a Moment in Time
  12. List of Contributors
  13. Index

Index

#MeToo, 4, 6, 9, 139, 152, 232. See also Burke, Tarana

#TimesUp, 152, 232. See also #MeToo

20th Century Fox, 80, 88, 147

9/11, 68–69, 86, 113–114; Post-9/11, 68–69, 86, 114

A

ABC (American Broadcasting Company), 79–80, 82, 88, 120, 191, 254–255

abuse, 4, 38, 44–45, 49, 61, 68, 113, 116, 127, 132–133, 145, 161, 164, 166, 178, 184–185, 189, 199, 204, 229–230, 232–235, 241, 256; abuser, 45, 131, 138–140, 151–152, 169, 244, 249, 254–255, 258; alcohol abuse, 118; child abuse, 194, 199; domestic abuse, 3, 44–45; emotional abuse, 102, 126, 251; physical abuse, 130, 194; psychological abuse, 124, 249; sexual abuse, 57, 211. See also rape; sexual assault; substance abuse, 24, 31, 55, 118, 192, 194, 256; verbal abuse, 249. See also gaslighting

affect, 42–44, 96–97, 109; affective, 8, 41–42, 144; affect studies, 5; affect theory, 138

Age of Comics: Bronze Age of Comics, 28–29; Golden Age of Comics, 24–26, 28, 30–32; Modern Age of Comics, 20, 24, 28, 30, 32

Agent Carter, 3, 84–86; Marvel’s Agent Carter (series), 1, 79, 257.

AKA 99 FRIENDS, 74, 87, 111, 115, 212, 221, 248. See also ep. 1.04

AKA 1,000 CUTS, 55, 118, 217, 249–251.See also ep. 1.10

AKA CRUSH SYNDROME, 46, 73, 101, 211. See also ep. 1.02

AKA IT’S CALLED WHISKEY, 52, 107, 111, 209, 211, 236, 245. See also ep. 1.03

AKA I’VE GOT THE BLUES, 52, 55, 108, 119, 194, 201. See also ep. 1.11

AKA LADIES’ NIGHT, 39, 46–47, 62, 70, 157, 177, 182, 189, 210–211, 220, 237, 243, 245–246, 248. See also ep. 1.01

AKA SIN BIN, 58, 117, 139, 221, 249. See also ep. 1.09

AKA SMILE, 56–57, 102, 133–134, 201, 220–221. See also ep. 1.13

AKA TAKE A BLOODY NUMBER, 15, 103, 106, 184. See also ep 1.12

AKA THE SANDWICH SAVED ME, 157–158, 196–197, 207, 212, 221. See also ep. 1.05

AKA TOP SHELF PERVERTS, 53, 116, 129, 141, 143, 156, 159–160, 163, 178, 213–214, 221. See also ep. 1.07

AKA WWJD?, 116–117, 139, 143, 156, 164–166, 177, 201, 243, 245, 247, 249, 251, 254. See also ep. 1.08

AKA YOU’RE A WINNER, 53, 157, 177. See also ep. 1.06

Alias, 2, 23, 36, 38–44, 87, 127, 190–191, 195–197, 199, 210. See also Bendis, Brian Michael; Gaydos, Michael; Alias Investigations, 23, 28, 41, 43, 70, 94, 156; Jessica Jones: Alias, 28, 36; Marvel Max Alias, 205

anti-hero (See hero)

authority, 54, 58, 61, 71, 74, 77, 119, 123, 218

Avengers, 27, 36, 81, 84, 87, 127; Avengers, The (film), 1, 50, 75, 80, 87, 120, 127-128, 229

B

ball body attitude, 176, 179–180, 184, 187

Batman, 25–26, 52, 56, 69, 81–82, 86, 235; Dark Knight, The, 50, 69, 143

Bendis, Brian Michael, 23–24, 26–28, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 45, 52, 190, 192, 195–197, 205, 258. See also Gaydos, Michael; Alias

binge-watch, 2, 80, 234, 247, 253, 254. See also Netflix

Black Lives Matter (BLM), 6, 94–95, 13

Black Widow, 84–85, 123, 226; Black Widow (film), 227, 258

body attitude, 174–177, 179–180, 182, 184, 186–187

Bourdieu, Pierre, 24–25, 28, 32, 113. See also cultural capital; habitus

Bruce Wayne (See Batman)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (series), 84; Buffy Summers, 173

Burke, Tarana, 9, 152, 232. See also #MeToo

C

Captain America, 81, 86, 118, 120; Captain America trilogy (films), 50, 81

Captain Marvel, 84, 202, 227, 241, 258; Carol Danvers, 191–192, 199, 202, 241

carnivalesque,39, 41

Clinton, Hilary, 204, 206, 208. See also nasty woman; Trump, Donald

Cold War, 64, 84, 139

combat enhancers, 55, 198

Comics Code Authority (CCA), 28, 51, 64–66

consent, 37, 44, 46, 151, 153, 155–156, 163, 165–169, 171, 232, 235, 237, 240, 242; consent culture, 227, 229, 234

cultural capital, 24. See also Bourdieu, Pierre; habitus

cyborg, 31–32, 158, 170. See also Haraway, Donna; post-human

D

Danny Rand (See Iron Fist)

Daredevil, 1–2, 16, 27, 29, 37, 54, 59–61, 79, 84, 86, 127, 256; Daredevil (Comics), 116, 118, 139. See also Miller, Frank; Daredevil (film), 80–83; Marvel’s Daredevil (series), 1–2, 50, 54, 59–61, 63, 79, 87, 190, 225, 257; Matt Murdock, 59–60

DC Comics, 20, 51, 85, 227

Defenders, The (series), 2, 59–60, 79, 190, 236, 256; Defenders, 62, 80, 87–88

direct space effort (See space effort)

discipline, 69, 71, 111

Disney, 2, 80, 88, 101, 138, 193, 241, 258; Disney+, 3, 241, 258

Doctor Who, 126, 128, 139

domesticity, 37–38, 41, 43, 45–46

Downton Abbey, 230, 233

>E

Elektra, 29–31; Natchios, Elektra, 30, 205

ep. 1.01, 39, 46–47, 62, 70, 157, 177, 182, 189, 210–211, 220, 237, 243, 245–246, 248. See also AKA LADIES’ NIGHT

ep. 1.02, 46, 73, 101, 211. See also AKA CRUSH SYNDROME

ep. 1.03, 52, 73, 107, 111, 209, 211, 236, 245. See also AKA IT’S CALLED WHISKEY

ep. 1.04, 74, 111, 115, 212, 221, 248. See also AKA 99 FRIENDS

ep. 1.05, 115, 157–158, 196–197, 207, 212, 221. See also AKA THE SANDWICH SAVED ME

ep. 1.06, 53, 157, 177. See also AKA YOU’RE A WINNER

ep. 1.07, 53, 116, 129, 141, 143, 160, 163, 178, 213–214, 221. See also AKA TOP SHELF PERVERTS

ep. 1.08, 116–117, 129, 139, 141, 143, 164–166, 177, 201, 213, 229, 249. See also AKA WWJD?

ep. 1.09, 58, 117, 139, 221, 249. See also AKA SIN BIN

ep. 1.10, 118, 217, 249–251. See also AKA 1,000 CUTS

ep. 1.11, 52, 119, 194–195, 201. See also AKA I’VE GOT THE BLUES

ep. 1.12, 15, 103, 106, 184. See also AKA TAKE A BLOODY NUMBER

ep. 1.13, 57, 102, 133–134, 201, 220–221. See also AKA SMILE

epic-viewing (See binge-watch)

event television, 253. See also Netflix

F

fake geek girls, 96, 124

fan, 2–4, 9, 81, 96, 124–126, 129–131, 133–134, 137, 144, 186–187, 197, 226, 253, 256, 258; fanboy, 124, 125–126, 128, 222; fandom, 5, 124–125, 131; fan studies, 4, 228; geek fandom, 128

feminine, 6–7, 83–84, 105, 109, 123, 151, 177–178, 184, 210, 228, 257; femininity, 2–3, 6, 93, 101, 173–174, 177–178, 184–187, 257; hyper-feminine, 99–100, 107, 110, 214

feminism, 39, 83, 85, 152–153, 170–171, 222, 225–226, 232, 236–238, 240; anti-feminist, 93, 231; feminist, 3, 5, 35, 93, 99, 105, 109, 155, 161, 177, 225–226; feminist analysis, 5–6, 8, 214, 228; post-feminism, 7, 83, 155, 230; white feminism, 9, 152–153, 225, 232, 236–238, 240, 257. See also intersectionality; neoliberal

film noir, 19, 49, 57–59, 175, 205, 253; rebel femme noir, 20, 35–37, 39, 41, 43–46

flow effort, 175, 182, 184, 187

Foucault, Michel, 5, 20, 67, 69–71, 74–75, 207–209, 212–213, 219–220

Frank Castle, 54, 59–61; See also Punisher, the

Frank Simpson, 118. See also Nuke; Will Simpson

G

Game of Thrones, 155, 229–230

Gamergate, 96, 124, 130–131. See also geek masculinity; toxic masculinity

gaslighting, 3–4, 102, 131, 140, 145, 161, 249–251, 255. See also abuse

Gaydos, Michael, 23, 33, 36, 47, 205. See also Bendis, Brian Michael; Alias

gaze, 37, 40–41, 226, 228; colonial gaze, 236–237; male gaze, 176, 228, 230–231

gender: gender binary, 99, 228; gender performance, 7, 96, 100–101, 105, 151, 185; gendered discrimination, 39

gentrification, 153, 244, 247–249, 251

Ghomeshi, Jian, 155, 169

Ghostbusters, 125, 135

gritty, 1–2, 7, 23, 36, 79, 168, 246

H

habitus, 20, 24–26, 28, 30–34, 57. See also Bourdieu, Pierre; cultural capital

Haraway, Donna, 5, 31–32. See also cyborg

Harlem, 61–62, 94

HBO, 80, 82–83, 254

Hell’s Kitchen, 60–61, 75, 87, 190, 205, 246–248, 251

hero, 3, 6, 19–21, 23, 28, 33, 45, 47, 49–64, 66–67, 75, 79, 85–86, 88, 94, 101, 111, 116–117, 124, 126, 129, 134, 139, 141–143, 193, 195–197, 199–202, 205–206, 215, 221, 231, 233, 243, 247, 255, 257; anti-hero, 19–20, 28, 53–55, 59–60, 63, 66, 79, 86, 88, 117, 205–206; heroine, 19, 21, 35, 43, 66, 85, 87, 141, 144, 173, 175, 202, 204–205, 223, 229, 231, 236, 258; heroism, 3, 42, 47, 50, 62, 116, 152, 158, 191, 196, 199, 202

heteronormative, 35, 37, 43

hysteria, 152, 203–204, 206–207, 210–211, 214–215, 217–218, 221

I

identity, 2, 6, 20, 23–31, 35–36, 40, 58, 60–61, 88, 94–95, 105, 129–130, 144–145, 158, 190, 192, 194–196, 199–201, 209, 226–227, 238

indirect space effort (See space effort)

intersectionality, 8, 97, 105, 107, 152–153, 205, 228. See also white feminism

Iron Fist 28, 59, 84, 256; Iron Fist (series), 2–3, 28, 59, 79, 190, 236

Iron Man, 85, 128; Iron Man (film), 123; Tony Stark, 85, 123, 127

J

Jeri Hogarth, 53, 74, 77, 94–95, 109, 157, 176–177, 181–182, 191, 209, 255

Jewel, 27, 127, 190, 195–196

Joker, the, 69, 143, 236

K

Kamala Khan, 227, 241

Kilgrave, 2–3, 7–8, 27, 32, 38, 44–45, 49, 52–58, 62–63, 67, 71–77, 86, 95–96, 100, 102–104, 106–109, 111, 114–119, 121, 124–126, 128–135, 137–146, 151–152, 156–170, 173, 175, 177–185, 187, 190, 195–199, 201, 204–211, 213–214, 216–218, 220–221, 229–230, 232, 236–237, 243–247, 249–251, 254–255; Killgrave, 32, 126–127, 139, 196–197, 201. See also Zebediah Killgrave; Purple Man

kinesphere, 175–176, 184, 187. See also reach space

Kylo Ren, 125–126

L

Laban Movement Analysis (LMA), 5, 151, 173–176, 185–187. See also space effort; reach space

Lee, Stan, 23, 52

Loeb, Jeph, 36, 80, 87, 190

Loki, 87, 140

Luke Cage, 2–3, 27–28, 44, 50, 53, 57, 59–63, 72–73, 84–86, 94–95, 100, 102–103, 105–109, 127, 153, 157, 191, 220, 233, 236, 237–240, 247, 255–256; Luke Cage (series), 2–3, 50, 59, 61, 63, 79, 94, 190, 236, 239, 256

M

Magical Black Person, 237

Magical Negro Films, 237

Malcolm Ducasse, 57, 72, 94–95, 100, 107–109, 115, 157–159, 162, 179, 197, 240, 255–256

Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), 1–4, 7, 59, 79–82, 84, 86–88, 120, 123–125, 130,135, 137–138, 140, 186, 191, 227, 231–232, 241, 253, 258. See also Marvel Universe

Marvel Universe, 36, 38, 47, 50, 205. See also Marvel Cinematic Universe

masculinity, 3–4, 7–8, 91, 93–97, 99–101, 103, 105–106, 109–111, 113–121, 123–126, 128, 130, 134–135, 153, 177–178, 187–188, 230, 236–237, 239–240, 244–245, 255, 257; Black masculinity, 7, 94, 106, 153, 236, 239–240; geek masculinity, 7, 93, 96, 123, 125–126, 128, 130; hyper-masculinity, 93, 96–97, 99–101, 103, 105, 109–110; militarized masculinity, 94, 111, 113, 115, 117–121; toxic masculinity, 3, 7–8, 93, 96–97, 125–126, 255. See also Gamergate

Matt Murdock (See Daredevil)

military, 26, 111–115, 118–121, 198, 218–219, 255; militainment, 112, 122; militarization, 3, 7, 94, 112–114, 119–121

Miller, Frank, 29–31, 40, 116, 157, 198. See also Daredevil

Moore, Alan, 29–31, 49, 116. See also Watchmen

morality, 20, 29, 49–50, 52, 56, 59–60, 62–63, 131, 142, 209

N

nasty woman, 206, 208. See also Clinton, Hillary; Trump, Donald

neoliberal, 7, 111–113, 244–245, 248. See also feminism

Netflix, 1–3, 7, 20–21, 23, 26–27, 32, 36–37, 49–52, 59, 65, 75–76, 78–80, 82–84, 87–89, 97, 123, 127–128, 135, 139, 155, 170, 189–193, 197, 199, 201, 204, 207, 209, 222, 225, 236, 241–242, 247–248, 253–256

Nuke, 118. See also Frank Simpson; Will Simpson

P

panopticon, 5, 20, 67, 69, 71, 77. See also synopticon

Patsy Walker, 194. See also Trish Walker

Peter Parker (See Spider-Man)

pin body attitude, 177, 187

post-human, 20, 23, 31–32, 56. See also Haraway, Donna; cyborg; postmodern

postmodern, 31, 63, 83. See also feminism; post-human

privacy, 38, 43, 67, 71, 76, 177, 243

PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), 20, 37, 39, 42, 44, 46, 52, 63, 76–77, 109, 111, 114, 156, 162, 164, 203, 205–206, 240, 254

punish, 78; punishment, 51, 69, 76, 120, 207

Punisher, the, 54, 63, 86. See also Frank Castle; Punisher, The (series), 59–60

Purple Man, 24, 27, 32, 38, 44–45, 126–128. See also Kilgrave; Zebediah Killgrave

R

racism, 107, 152–153, 228, 239–240. See also white supremacy

rape, 2–3; 38, 41, 44–46, 67, 77, 102, 127, 140, 151, 153, 155–156, 159, 162–169, 179, 185, 192, 197, 205, 211, 213, 225–237, 245, 254. See also rape culture, 6, 37, 63, 93, 96–97, 132, 138–140, 146, 155, 166–167, 203, 226–227, 230–231, 233, 235; rape myth, 143, 170, 227, 230–231, 233; rape survivor, 249; rape victim, 27; sexual assault

reach space, 175, 187. See also kinesphere; Laban Movement Analysis

rebel femme (See film noir)

Rorschach, 28–31

Rosenberg, Melissa, 64, 145, 190–191, 196, 200, 210, 220, 235, 257–258

S

S.H.I.E.L.D., 3, 27–28, 30, 80, 87, 120, 257; Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (series), 2, 79, 257

Scarlet Witch, 27, 123, 258

screw body attitude, 176, 179–180, 187

security, 70, 72, 74, 86, 113, 115–116, 157, 159, 185, 214

sexual assault, 63, 155, 157, 159, 163, 167–169, 227–229, 231, 233–235. See also rape

sisterhood, 9, 152, 189–190, 192

space effort: direct space effort, 175, 179, 187; indirect space effort, 175, 179, 181–183, 187. See also Laban Movement Analysis

Spider-Man, 26, 37, 47, 52–53, 78, 81–82, 85

stalker, 73, 75, 124, 257

superhuman, 19, 26, 31, 84, 156–158, 167, 185, 232

Superman, 25–26, 31, 52, 56, 64, 81; “The Myth of Superman,” 23; Superman (series), 25

superpower, 1, 23, 25–26, 42, 50, 74, 84, 87–88, 115, 124, 143, 152, 178, 185, 199, 249, 255

support group, 57, 108, 132, 221

surveillance, 5, 67–72, 74–78, 113, 248–249, 251

synopticon, 70. See also panopticon

T

Tennant, David, 126, 128, 135, 138, 156

Thor, 26, 125; Marvel’s Thor (film), 140

time effort, 175, 187. See also space effort; Laban Movement Analysis

tomboy, 177–178

Tony Stark (See Iron Man)

Trauma: Sexual trauma, 63. See also sexual assault; trauma theory, 8–9, 151

Trish Walker, 3, 6, 46, 77, 103, 109, 111, 156, 174, 177, 190–192, 197, 248. See also Patsy Walker

Trump, Donald 94, 206

Turner, Brock, 96–97, 132, 139–140, 147, 155

U

urban revanchism, 153, 243

V

vigilante, 25, 28–29, 74, 76, 80, 86, 95

villain, 8, 26, 28, 36, 49, 52, 57–58, 60–61, 67, 72–73, 83, 86, 96, 101, 119, 123–130, 132, 134, 137–141, 143–144, 156, 197–199, 205, 211, 221, 229–230, 257; supervillain, 25, 54, 56, 124, 137–138, 141, 143, 145, 202–205, 207, 209, 211–214, 216, 220–221, 226–234, 237, 239–240, 242, 244, 246, 248, 251

violence, 3, 5, 8, 29, 39, 41, 45–47, 51, 58, 60–62, 64–65, 79–80, 82–83, 88–89, 91, 93–95, 97, 100, 102–106, 112–117, 119–122, 138, 143, 145–146, 152–153, 157, 159–162, 167–170, 194–195, 198; domestic violence, 39, 45, 160–161, 198; gendered violence, 8, 162, 231; sexual violence, 226–230, 233–234; breaking the silence, 167–168

W

Watchmen, 28–30, 33, 49, 63–64, 85–86, 116. See also Moore, Alan

weight effort, 175, 182. See also direct space effort; indirect space effort

white supremacy, 93, 97, 152, 238–239. See also racism

Will Simpson, 7, 55, 72, 94–95, 100, 103–105, 108–109, 111, 113, 115–121, 182, 190–191, 195, 198–199, 255. See also Frank Simpson; Nuke

Wonder Woman, 26, 36, 56, 84–85, 202, 227; Wonder Woman (comic), 56; Wonder Woman (film), 226; Wonder Woman (series), 25

X

X-Men, 27, 81, 122; X-men (series), 141

Z

Zebediah Killgrave, 24, 27, 139. See also Kilgrave; Purple Man

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