By Sappho's Stylus! Reading Wonder Woman with Wertham. Issue 6 (2nd November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tilley, Carol
• Is Part Of: Journal of graphic novels & comics. Volume 9:Issue 6(2018)
• Page Start: 555
• Page End: 565
• Publication Date: 2018-11-02
• Subjects: Wonder Woman -- Fredric Wertham -- homosexuality -- queer; Graphic novels -- Periodicals; Comic books, strips, etc -- Periodicals; Popular culture -- Periodicals; Art, Modern -- 21st century -- Periodicals; Art, Modern; Comic books, strips, etc; Graphic novels; Popular culture; Comicroman; Comic; Periodicals; 741.5
• DOI: 10.1080/21504857.2018.1540136
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2150-4857

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This essay – originally delivered as a more informal talk – explores psychiatrist and comics critic Fredric Wertham's reflections on the character Wonder Woman in both his notable monograph Seduction of the Innocent (1954) and clinical notes. In particular it explores his negative understanding of her sexual expression and the character's potential deleterious influence on the mental hygiene of younger comics readers.