Veiled Superheroes - Islam, Feminism, and Popular Culture

Veiled Superheroes: Islam, Feminism, and Popular Culture focuses on female Muslim superheroes in graphic narratives such as the comic Ms. Marvel, the animated television series BurkaAvenger, and the webcomic Qahera.

List of contents

Foreword- Wajahat Ali
Introduction
1. Muslim Women in Western Popular Culture
2. The Muslim Body, Veiling, and Contestations of Islam
3. Ms. Marvel, Islam, and America
4. Burka Avenger and the Subversive Veil
5. Qahera, Raat, Bloody Nasreen, and the Vigilante Superhero
Conclusion: Islamic Feminism and Muslim Chivalry

About the author

By Sophia Rose Arjana - With Kim Fox - Foreword by Wajahat Ali

Summary

Veiled Superheroes: Islam, Feminism, and Popular Culture focuses on female Muslim superheroes in graphic narratives such as the comic Ms. Marvel, the animated television series Burka Avenger, and the webcomic Qahera.

Product details

• Authors: Ali, Arjana, Sophia Rose Arjana, Arjana Sophia Rose, Fox
• Assisted by: Ali Wajahat (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781498536547
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3654-7
• No. of pages: 178
• Assisted by: Kim Fox
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Islam, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, RELIGION / Islam / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Islamic Studies, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies, gender groups, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities