Strange Grew Up With Me: Sentimentality and masculinity in readers of superhero comics - article ; n°1 ; vol.7, pg 5-27

Réseaux. The French journal of communication - Année 1999 - Volume 7 - Numéro 1 - Pages 5-27
Summary: This study concerns the consumption of superhero comics in the USA and in France. Drawing on a series of interviews and letters published in magazines over the past three decades, the article shows that, for a considerable part of its readership, this medium represents more than the transmission of a traditional masculinity; it is a means of learning a new and complex identity. The author concludes that the learning of gender identities cannot be seen as a univocal process of inculcation of predetermined roles.
23 pages
Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.