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D’Agostino, Anthony Michael. "“Flesh-to-Flesh Contact”: Marvel Comics’ Rogue and the Queer Feminist Imagination." American Literature 90. (2018): 251–81. Added by: joachim (8/12/18, 3:30 PM) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed DOI: 10.1215/00029831-4564298 BibTeX citation key: DAgostino2018 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "X-Men", Gender, Superhero, USA Creators: D’Agostino Collection: American Literature |
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The X-Men’s Rogue’s ability to absorb the powers and personality of others through “flesh-to-flesh contact” presents an affective figure for the queer potential of the X-Men’s metaphor of mutancy as difference. Close readings of Rogue’s first appearance, Avengers Annual #10, and the end of her first major character arc, Uncanny X-Men #185, reveal that this affective figure for queerness is variable and derived from X-Men writer Chris Claremont’s ongoing engagement with feminist politics and theory.
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