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Hero Me Not
2023
Overview
First introduced in the pages of X-Men , Storm is
probably the most recognized Black female superhero. She is also
one of the most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe, with
abilities that allow her to control the weather itself. Yet that
power is almost always deployed in the service of White characters,
and Storm is rarely treated as an authority figure. Hero Me
Not offers an in-depth look at this fascinating yet often
frustrating character through all her manifestations in comics,
animation, and films. Chesya Burke examines the coding of Storm as
racially \"exotic,\" an African woman who nonetheless has bright
white hair and blue eyes and was portrayed onscreen by biracial
actresses Halle Berry and Alexandra Shipp. She shows how Storm,
created by White writers and artists, was an amalgam of various
Black stereotypes, from the Mammy and the Jezebel to the Magical
Negro, resulting in a new stereotype she terms the Negro Spiritual
Woman. With chapters focusing on the history, transmedia
representation, and racial politics of Storm, Burke offers a very
personal account of what it means to be a Black female comics fan
searching popular culture for positive images of powerful women who
look like you.
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Subject
/ comics
/ feminist
/ LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African-American
/ LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels
/ LITERARY CRITICISM / General
/ LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Women
/ marvel
/ SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
/ SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
/ storm
/ Storm (Fictitious character)
/ women
/ Women, Black, in popular culture
/ x-men
ISBN
9781978821095, 1978821093, 9781978821064, 1978821069, 9781978821057, 1978821050
