Collection: The Ages of Wonder Woman
Edited by Joseph J. Darowski
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Please circulate and post widely
The editor of The Ages of Wonder Woman is seeking abstracts for essays which could potentially be included in the upcoming collection. This collection will be a companion volume to The Ages of Superman. The essays should examine the relationships between Wonder Woman comic books and the period of American history when those comics were published. Analysis may demonstrate how the stories found in Wonder Woman comic books (and the creators who produced the comics) embrace, reflect, or critique aspects of their contemporary culture.
Essays should focus on stories from Wonder Woman’s comic book adventures, not media adaptations of the character. Furthermore, essays should look at a single period of comic book history, rather than drawing comparisons between different publication eras. For example, an essay that analyzed Wonder Woman comics from the early 1960s and contextualized them with what was happening in American society would be more likely to be accepted than an essay that contrasted Wonder Woman comic books from the 1940s with Wonder Woman comic books from the 1980s. The completed essays should be 12-15 double-spaced pages.
Some possible topics for essays include, but are not limited to, the following:
Edited by Joseph J. Darowski
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Please circulate and post widely
The editor of The Ages of Wonder Woman is seeking abstracts for essays which could potentially be included in the upcoming collection. This collection will be a companion volume to The Ages of Superman. The essays should examine the relationships between Wonder Woman comic books and the period of American history when those comics were published. Analysis may demonstrate how the stories found in Wonder Woman comic books (and the creators who produced the comics) embrace, reflect, or critique aspects of their contemporary culture.
Essays should focus on stories from Wonder Woman’s comic book adventures, not media adaptations of the character. Furthermore, essays should look at a single period of comic book history, rather than drawing comparisons between different publication eras. For example, an essay that analyzed Wonder Woman comics from the early 1960s and contextualized them with what was happening in American society would be more likely to be accepted than an essay that contrasted Wonder Woman comic books from the 1940s with Wonder Woman comic books from the 1980s. The completed essays should be 12-15 double-spaced pages.
Some possible topics for essays include, but are not limited to, the following:
William Marston’s Controversial Feminine Ideal; Wonder Woman Joins the Justice Society of America…as Their Secretary?; The World War II American Patriot from Themyscira; From Fearless Worker to Anxious Lover: Wonder Woman’s Transition after World War II; DC Comics’ Response to Wertham’s Allegations; Superwoman: The Evil Wonder Woman from Another Dimension; A Powerless Fashion Boutique Owner: DC Comics Tries to Modernize Wonder Woman; Silver Swan and Dr. Cyber: Wonder Woman’s Enemies Just Want to be Pretty; Superman vs. Wonder Woman: Superpowered Gender Roles in the 1970s; “Gods and Mortals”: Wonder Woman’s Introduction to the Modern World of the Late 1980s; Wonder Woman Versus Storm: The Gender Politics of Inter-Company Crossovers; Politics, Discord, and a Nation Divided in “Paradise Lost”; Alex Ross and Paul Dini’s “Spirit of Truth”: Wonder Woman and Global Concepts of Femininity; Trinity: The Roles of Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman in the DC Universe; “Rise of the Olympians”: Defense Versus Aggression on the World Stage; The New 52: DC Reimagines Wonder Woman for the Present Day
Abstracts (100-500 words) and CVs should be submitted by April 1, 2012
Please submit via email to Joseph Darowski, darowskij@byui.edu.
Brigham Young University-Idaho
525 S. Center
Rigby Hall 122
Rexburg, ID 83460
Phone: (517) 281-3275
Email: darowskij@byui.edu
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