Preface 1. Flight Plan 2. Book of Lilith 3. Genesis 4. Generations of Super-Girls 5. Revelation: Post-Al Superheroes Afterword Works Cited
Lillian Robinson is Principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University in Montreal. Among her books are Monstrous Regiment, Sex, Class, and Culture, and Night Market..
"This book solidifies Lillian Robinson's place in that small
pantheon of scholars who deserve to be recognized as feminist
superheroes in their own right. No feminist scholar in our time has
tackled the range of diverse topics that Robinson has, and Wonder
Women extends that range even further. Robinson probes the meanings
of Wonder Woman, her sisters, and their ordinary avatars with her
trademark wit and élan, brilliantly situating this relatively
neglected chapter of popular culture in contexts that include Greek
myths, social and political history, literature, economics, art
history, media studies, gender studies, and postmodern theory.
Bravo for this engaging, imaginative, and beautifully-written tour
de force!" -- Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Stanford University
"Robinson provides an insightful cultural critique of the
production of heroines." -- Shannon Devine, Herizons
"But as Robinson's astute criticism demonstrates, we can take hope
that through thoughtful, cumulative, and playful scholarship (as in
witty and ironic) we can learn from the postmodern gaps, and their
sources, and can fill the ourselves." -- Shelley Armitage,
University of Texas, El Paso, Tulsa Studies in Women's
Literature
"Robinson has made a study of the female superhero that is both
enjoyable and seriously relevant to contemporary concerns about
power and image." -- Marian Parish, Nassau Community College,
Science Fiction Studies
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