Oh My Goddess: Anthropological Thoughts On the Representation of Marvel's Storm and the Legacy of Black Women in Comics. Issue 1 (12th June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dalbeto, Lucas do Carmo; Oliveira, Ana Paula
• Is Part Of: Comics grid. Volume 5:Issue 1(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-06-12
• Subjects: Comic Books -- Black Characters -- Feminism -- X-Men -- Storm -- Ethnicity -- Gender -- Representation
• DOI: 10.5334/cg.bd
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2048-0792

Abstract

Abstract : This study presents a qualitative analysis on the representation of black women in comic books using a sociocultural approach to their production-release background. We study the X-Men mutant character Storm, whose path reinforces and questions the social roles these women enact. We state that the analysis of cultural assets aimed at entertainment, like comic books, helps us consider the relationship between gender and ethnicity in our society.