Education and the Female Superhero: Slayers, Cyborgs, Sorority Sisters, and Schoolteachers

Lexington Books (2019)
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Exploring a variety of female superhero narratives, including Wonder Woman comics and television shows like The Secrets of Isis, The Bionic Woman, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this book argues that twentieth-century superheroine stories historically depicted education as the path to female liberation and empowerment.

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