ENG235H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Power Girl, Tokenism, Toni Morrison
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Threat of being thought of as feminine. -> power: men as leaders is right --> strong in physicality (might. History of comics closely tied w/ white, male, heterosexual super makes right) heroes. Incorporates w/ this hypermasculinity a fair measure of intelligence - suggests there"s often an imbalance b/w masculinity and intelligence for black superheroes (more one- dimensional, just strong) Boca - call for black superheroes and black control over such characters. Aa history often gets folded into white history. Aas" history is made "alien" --> icon then is made. Icon dwayne mcduffie doubly alien: raquel then best represents the position of enslaved ppl - Washington up from slavery: ambiguity of origin for black slaves --> icon/agustis (quotes booker) Black hypermasculinity is not about compensating for the oppressed ppl --> it denies black men full access to socially constructed ideals of masculinity. Simply reinforces the fact that they"ve been denied participation in society.
