Women's Studies 2161A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ann Bannon, Signify, Heteronormativity

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Prof

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First canadian female superhero, a contemporary of wonder woman: nelvana of the northern lights. William marston, psychologist ,got involved in comics to to create an alternate to the. Bloodcurling masculinity , hypermasculinity of contemporary comics w extreme levels of aggression and contempt for most women. Depiction of men and women in comic books reflects (sometimes resists) gendered expectations of the period. Wonder woman (ww) invented during ww2. public interest in the character has to do with how she reflects self-sufficiency, skillfullness, and heroism expected of the various types of rosies. In martsons ww, she is depicted as independent, empowered woman, constricted in the service of nationalism, and the good fight of a nation at war. Saving capt trevor & helpless women, empowering women to discover their own physical and economic strengths. physical and mental domination of men. womens roles limited to hyper-sexualized villains and timid domestic. Gordon rattray taylor argues in sex in history that societies have periods of.