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Title Page\nCopyright Page\nContents\nAcknowledgments\nList of Illustrations\nIntroduction: Representation Matters\n Representation matters\n A brief history of (female) superheroes\n Plan of the book\n Notes\nChapter 1 “The Sexier the Outfit, the Fewer Questions Asked”: Wonder Woman1\n Feminism and its containment in Wonder Woman, 1941–68\n Wonder Woman in the Second Wave of feminism: 1968–868\n Third Wave feminism in Wonder Woman in the 1980s and 1990s\n Race, sexuality, and gender politics in Wonder Woman in the 2000s\n New origin and new directions for Wonder Woman in the 2010s\n Conclusion: The “trickiness” of the female superhero\n Notes\nChapter 2 “When You Go Out At Night, You Won’t Be Alone”: Batgirl(s) and Birds of Prey1\n From Barbara to Batgirl to retirement: Femininity, fashion, and crimefighting, 1960s–80s\n Sexualized violence: The retirement of Batgirl and the “fridging” of Barbara Gordon\n From Batgirl to Oracle: Hacker, mother, leader, friend, 1988–2011\n Batgirl on television and in Year One: Girl power, 1993–2007\n From Oracle to Batgirl: Barbara Gordon rebooted, 2011–present\n Conclusion: The Batgirl of Burnside\n Notes\nChapter 3 “Somebody Has To Save Our Skins!”: Padmé Amidala, Leia Organa, and Jaina Solo in Star Wars1\n Hero, leader, warrior, and diplomat in the Second Wave of feminism\n Heroes, leaders, warriors, and diplomats in the Third Wave of feminism: In print\n Heroes, leaders, warriors, and diplomats in the Third Wave of feminism: On screen\n Love triangles and sexualization in the Second Wave of feminism\n Love triangles and sexualization in the Third Wave of feminism\n Family and motherhood\n Conclusion: Legends, Lucasfilm, and The Force Awakens\n Notes\nChapter 4 “No Such Things as Limits”: The X-Women1\n “Second Genesis:” The X-Women in the 1970s and 1980s\n The best-selling comic of all time, bad girls, and transitions to television in the 1990s\n The 2000s: New and Astonishing X-Men, and transitions to film\n Conclusion: Rebooted comics, rebooted films\n Notes\nChapter 5 “Slayers. Every One of Us”: Buffy the Vampire Slayer1\n Third wave feminist sensibilities in pop culture and in Buffy\n Forging family\n Embodiment, love, and sex\n Heterofluidity and homosexuality\n Race and class\n Conclusion: Diversity, privilege, and girl power\n Notes\nChapter 6 “Part of Something Bigger”: Captain Marvel(s) and Ms. Marvel(s)1\n “This Female Fights Back”: Ms. Marvel, the “Female Fury” of Second Wave feminism\n Avenger, Binary, Warbird, survivor: Carol Danvers in the 1980s–1990s\n The 2000s and 2010s: The best of the best\n Captain Marvel, 2012–present: Flying with her own wings\n Two Captain Marvels: Carol Danvers and Monica Rambeau\n The new Ms. Marvel: Whoever saves one person has saved all of mankind\n Conclusion: The changing face of comics . . . at the margins\n Notes\nChapter 7 Conclusion: Gender, Power, and Representation\n “This isn’t affirmative action. This is capitalism.”\n Struggling over gender\n Moving forward: Countering stereotypes and making mirrors\n Notes\nBibliography\nIndex