The classical reception and impact of Wonder Woman in comics and film /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Bloomsbury (Firm)
Other Authors:	Potter, Amanda (Editor), Skibinski, Connie (Editor), Swain, Natalie J. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.
Edition:	1st edition.
Series:	Imagines - Classical receptions in the visual and performing arts.
Subjects:	Wonder Woman > (Fictitious character) Women superheroes in comics. Ancient religions & mythologies. Ancient Greece. Feminism & feminist theory. Film theory & criticism. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Introduction, Amanda Potter (Open University, UK), Connie Skibinski (University of Newcastle, Australia), and Natalie J. Swain (University of Winnipeg, Canada)
Section I: Wonder Woman Comics through the Ages
1. The Two Wonder Womans: Gender Subversion & Audience in the Early Marston/Peter Comic Book and Newspaper Strips, 1941-1945, Natalie Beglin (Indiana University, USA)
2. George Perez and the Reinvention of Wonder Woman, Tony Keen (University of Notre Dame, UK)
3. Challenging the White, Male Gaze: Nubia's Herstory and the Importance of Representation, Whitney Hunt (Colgate University, USA)
4. Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark) and the Teen Titans, C.W. Marshall (University of British Columbia, Canada)
5. Elseworlds and Milk Wars: Wonder Woman in Less Well-Known Multiverses, Iris Haist (E.o.plauen Foundation, Germany)
Section II: Gods, Faeries and Amazons
6. "This is OUR Story": Wonder Woman Historia, History, and the Evolving Nature of the Amazons, Jeremy Brett (Texas A&M University, USA)
7. Amazons on Screen: Where Did All the Gods Go? Anneka Rene (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
8. A Real Amazon: Amazonian Identity and Representation in "Trial of the Amazons", Natalie J. Swain (University of Winnipeg, Canada)
9. Themyscira as an Otherworld: Reception of the Faery Realm in the Wonder Woman Universe, Madelaine Sacco (University of Newcastle, Australia)
10. What is the Godkiller? Artificiality, Intention, and Purpose in the Origins and Development of Diana Prince, Tannika Koosmen (University of Newcastle, Australia)
Section III: Wonder Woman and the Politics of Feminism
11. The United Nations Decade for (Wonder) Women: Wonder Woman, the U.N., and Women's Liberation, Christina M. Knopf (SUNY Cortland, USA)
12. Truth, Extracted Truth, and the Lasso of Truth: Tracing Wonder Woman's Tool of Submission, Theresa Ashford (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia), and Amanda Potter (Open University, UK)
13. Wonder Woman, Patriarchy, & the Sanitization of Rape, Princess O'Nika Nicole Auguste (Independent Scholar, St. Lucia)
14. The New Wonder Woman and the Saviour of Western Civilization, Anise Strong (Western Michigan University, USA)
Afterword, Phil Jimenez (Independent Scholar, USA)
Notes
Bibliography
Index