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Knopf, Christina M. "The Queen of Burlesque: The Subtle (as a Hammer) Satire of Bomb Queen." Gender and the Superhero Narrative. Eds. Michael Goodrum, Tara Prescott and Philip Smith. Jackson: Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2018. 101–23. 
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Resource type: Book Chapter
Language: en: English
DOI: 10.14325/mississippi/9781496818805.003.0005
BibTeX citation key: Knopf2018b
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Keywords: "Bomb Queen", Gender, Robinson. Jimmie, Satire, Superhero, USA
Creators: Goodrum, Knopf, Prescott, Smith
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi (Jackson)
Collection: Gender and the Superhero Narrative
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Abstract
Bomb Queen is a satire of politics and pop culture, with the media and the comic industry itself as frequent targets. Its self-referential nature has led Roy T. Cook to call Bomb Queen a “metacomic.” Inspired by rhetorician Aaron Hess’s critique of political satire, this essay analyzes the use of parody and irony in Bomb Queen. This essay argues that Bomb Queen’s approach both criticizes and perpetuates the gendered politics of the comic book industry and the superhero genre.
  
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