Women's Studies 2161A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Redneck Woman, Challenge Of The Yukon, William Moulton Marston
9 Nov 2014
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How many of these have you heard of: wonder woman, moonstone, ladyhawk, black cat, nelvana of the northern lights. Women"s involvement in comics, as creators and artists, has generally been down played gendered relationship ratios are hard to quantify because comics are read by many more than their initial purchaser but regardless of the intended audience, the depiction of women and men in comic books often reflects and may sometimes resist the gender expectations of the period. Wonder woman was invented during wwii and public support for and interest in the character may have to do with how she reflects the self sufficiency, skillfulness and even heroism expected of the various types of rosie: in marston"s wonder woman, an independent, empowered woman (vs. a weak girl"") is constructed in the service of nationalism and the good fight"" of a nation at war.
