Wonder woman unbound : the curious history of the world's most famous heroine /
With her golden lasso and her bullet-deflecting bracelets, Wonder Woman is a beloved icon of female strength in a world of male superheroes. But this close look at her history portrays a complicated heroine who is more than just a female Superman. The original Wonder Woman was ahead of her time, adv...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
Chicago Review Press,
©2014.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | With her golden lasso and her bullet-deflecting bracelets, Wonder Woman is a beloved icon of female strength in a world of male superheroes. But this close look at her history portrays a complicated heroine who is more than just a female Superman. The original Wonder Woman was ahead of her time, advocating female superiority and the benefits of matriarchy in the 1940s. At the same time, her creator filled the comics with titillating bondage imagery, and Wonder Woman was tied up as often as she saved the world. In the 1950s, Wonder Woman begrudgi. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 304 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781613749104 1613749104 9781613749128 1613749120 9781613749098 1613749090 |