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Draws attention to the manifestation of feminist issues within Marvel superhero filmsReaches to film studies, comics studies, cultural studies and gender studies to make sense of portrayals of feminine identity through a detailed critique of postfeminist cultureIncludes discussion of Marvel films, comics and discursive paratexts to provide evidence for the films' role within postfeminist culture, which is characterised as taking account of fem...

The concept of identity in superhero narratives has become a burgeoning field in academic studies of this increasingly popular cinematic genre. Women in Marvel Films provides the first rigorous analysis of the portrayals of women, heroic and otherwise, in films based on Marvel comics from the 1980s to the present. It explores the relationships between this cultural phenomenon and wider issues of gender equality, considering the cultural moment...