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Gietzen, Andreas and Marion Gindhart. "Project(ion) Wonder Woman: Metamorphoses of a Superheroine." Ancient Magic and the Supernatural in the Modern Visual and Performing Arts. Eds. Filippo Carlà and Irene Berti. Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015. 135–50. 
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Resource type: Book Chapter
Language: en: English
BibTeX citation key: Gietzen2015
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Keywords: "Wonder Woman", Classical antiquity, Gender, Historical account, Myth, Superhero, USA
Creators: Berti, Carlà, Gietzen, Gindhart
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic (New York)
Collection: Ancient Magic and the Supernatural in the Modern Visual and Performing Arts
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Abstract
The model of the ‘supernatural in disguise’, which is, as underlined, extremely popular in many fields, is at the centre of the contribution by Andreas Gietzen and Marion Gindhart, who analyse here the fascinating story of Wonder Woman through the decades. The famous US-heroine, who is here presented as an important symbol and even a sort of barometer of the changing position of women in American society, does indeed have very strong ancient roots, and not only in this conception of the supernatural being in disguise, but in her very origin, since she belongs to the ancient mythical race of the Amazons.
  
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