Joseph Crawford

Killer Bodies

The Rise and Fall of "Bad Girl" Comics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a history of the most critically-derided subgenre in American comics: the ‘bad girl’ comics of the 1990s. Situating these works in relation to the popular feminism of the period, it explores how the ‘bad girl’ anti-heroine arose, and the commercial and ideological factors that brought its rapid rise and fall.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MNG University Presses
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781978841963
• ISBN-10: 1978841965
• Artikelnr.: 73789181

Autorenporträt

JOSEPH CRAWFORD is an associate professor of English at the University of Exeter, in the UK. He is the author of five books, including The Twilight of the Gothic and Inspiration and Insanity in British Poetry.  

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 Secret Origins: The Birth of the ‘Bad Girl’ Genre
Chapter 2 Killer Bodies: ‘Bad Girls’ and the American Comics Industry
Chapter 3 Revolution Girl Style: ‘Bad Girl’ Comics and Third-Wave Feminism
Chapter 4 Girl Power: Postfeminist ‘Bad Girl’ Comics
Chapter 5 After the Fall: ‘Bad Girl’ Comics Since 1997
Conclusion: How Bad Were the ‘Bad Girls’?
Works Cited
Index