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Veiled Superheroes : Islam, Feminism, and Popular Culture.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (179 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498536530
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Veiled SuperheroesDDC classification:
  • 741.538297082
LOC classification:
  • PN6712.A753 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Veiled Superheroes -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Notes -- Chapter 1 Muslim Women in Western Popular Culture -- Muslim Bodies As Capital -- The Comic And The Graphic Novel -- The Muslimah Superhero -- Animated Cartoons, Film, And Television Series -- Notes -- Chapter 2 The Muslim Body, Veiling, and Contestations of Islam -- Muslim Bodies -- The Veil -- Muslim Bodies: Monsters And Angels -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Islam, and America -- Introducing Ms. Marvel -- Adventures Of An American Muslim Superheroine -- Ms. Marvel's Body, Sensuality, And The Veil -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Burka Avenger and the Subversive Veil -- Feminism, Activism, And The Arts In Pakistan -- An Animated Muslimah Superhero -- Burka Avenger: Gender, Power, And Politics -- The Subversive Veil -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Qahera, Raat, Bloody Nasreen, and the Vigilante Superhero -- Qahera And Soft Vigilantism -- Vigilantism And Heroism In Pakistani Graphic Narratives -- Notes -- Conclusion: Islamic Feminism and Muslim Charity -- Islamic Feminism: Definitional Issues -- The Muslimah Code of Chivalry -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Veiled Superheroes: Islam, Feminism, and Popular Culture focuses on female Muslim superheroes in graphic narratives such as the comic Ms. Marvel, the animated television series BurkaAvenger, and the webcomic Qahera.
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Cover -- Veiled Superheroes -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Notes -- Chapter 1 Muslim Women in Western Popular Culture -- Muslim Bodies As Capital -- The Comic And The Graphic Novel -- The Muslimah Superhero -- Animated Cartoons, Film, And Television Series -- Notes -- Chapter 2 The Muslim Body, Veiling, and Contestations of Islam -- Muslim Bodies -- The Veil -- Muslim Bodies: Monsters And Angels -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Islam, and America -- Introducing Ms. Marvel -- Adventures Of An American Muslim Superheroine -- Ms. Marvel's Body, Sensuality, And The Veil -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Burka Avenger and the Subversive Veil -- Feminism, Activism, And The Arts In Pakistan -- An Animated Muslimah Superhero -- Burka Avenger: Gender, Power, And Politics -- The Subversive Veil -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Qahera, Raat, Bloody Nasreen, and the Vigilante Superhero -- Qahera And Soft Vigilantism -- Vigilantism And Heroism In Pakistani Graphic Narratives -- Notes -- Conclusion: Islamic Feminism and Muslim Charity -- Islamic Feminism: Definitional Issues -- The Muslimah Code of Chivalry -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Veiled Superheroes: Islam, Feminism, and Popular Culture focuses on female Muslim superheroes in graphic narratives such as the comic Ms. Marvel, the animated television series BurkaAvenger, and the webcomic Qahera.

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