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Marked Superheroes and Villains: 21st Century Embodied Rhetorics of (Dis)Abilities and (Hyper)Masculinity

Abstract

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<p>I. Appeals of Multiple Masculinities: Maintaining Hegemonic Heteronormative Masculinity in the 21st Century Comic Superhero Adaptation <em>Arrow</em></p> <p>II. Marked Bodies: Physicalist Manifestations of Superhero Strength, Character Evolution, and Mental and Emotional Dis/Abilities</p> <p>III. Savage! Vanished! Appropriated!: Misrepresentations of Native Americans in Green Arrow</p>

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Arts
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
English
Year dc:date.available
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Polson, Jenifer Nicole
Contributors dc:contributor
  • <p>Joyce Rain Anderson (Committee Chair)</p> <p>Kathleen Vejvoda</p> <p>Ellen Scheible</p>

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://vc.bridgew.edu/theses/2
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vc.bridgew.edu:theses-1005

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2026-07-24
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citation

Polson, Jenifer Nicole. Marked Superheroes and Villains: 21st Century Embodied Rhetorics of (Dis)Abilities and (Hyper)Masculinity. Thesis thesis, 2014. https://vc.bridgew.edu/theses/2