Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ585044
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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Comic Book Masculinity and the New Black Superhero.
Brown, Jeffrey A.
African American Review, v33 n1 p25-42 Spr 1999
Explores the concept of duality in masculinity, and specifically in black masculinity, as currently presented in the superhero comic book. At an obvious and symbolic level, comic book masculinity characterizes a model of gender behavior that is slipping into the hypermasculine. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Blacks, Comics (Publications), Males, Masculinity, Self Concept, Sex Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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