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Resource type: Book Chapter Language: en: English DOI: 10.14325/mississippi/9781496818805.003.0005 BibTeX citation key: Knopf2018b Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General 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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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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