The authentic conservative Wonder Woman: Israeli girls negotiating global and local meanings of femininity

Lachover, Einat; Davidson, Shosh; Dvir, Ornit Ramati

doi:10.1080/19392397.2019.1691925

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“…In the Odyssey storyline from 2010 to 2011, most of the female figures were portrayed as white and heterosexual figures from traditional Eurocentric mythology, indicating the lack of racial and socioeconomic diversity in the stories of Wonder Woman (Ormrod, 2020). Even though Wonder Woman is praised for her "girl power" message in popular culture (Lachover, Davidson and Ramati, 2021), it should not be neglected that her stories fail to challenge the heteronormativity and racial prejudice from the perspective of fourth-wave feminism (Maddox, 2011). In addition, the comic images of Wonder Woman's costume still adhered to kinky and flesh-baring clothing in the traditional national flag-like style in the 2010s, which was politicalized not for self-identity under feminism to show her conformity under patriotism (Emad, 2006).…”

Section: Fourth-wave Feminism and The 2010s Comic Wonder Womanmentioning

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Wonder Woman on Screen: From Feminist Symbol to Stereotypical Figure

Zhang

2024

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Wonder Woman, a founding female figure in superhero fiction, was initially celebrated as a symbol of women’s empowerment in the 1970s but faced criticism in the 2010s for embodying fetishized objectification. This article aims to explore the gender representation of the 1970s TV series Wonder Woman and the 2010s Wonder Woman movie through a feminist approach. The portrayal of Wonder Woman in the TV series challenged the traditional stereotypes of femininity and the subordinary roles of women under patriarchy at that time. The Wonder Woman movie, however, lacked diversity under an intersectional framework and signified the beauty myth for male pleasure, which undermined her validity as a feminist icon. Through close analysis, it is revealed that the white feminist privilege and fetish fashion of superheroines traditionally recognized as feminist icons are problematic, calling for more scholarly attention on discriminatory gender representation in contemporary popular culture.

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Section: Fourth-wave Feminism and The 2010s Comic Wonder Womanmentioning

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Wonder Woman on Screen: From Feminist Symbol to Stereotypical Figure

Zhang

2024

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Women to grow up with: transnational feminism in empowering biographies for girls

Lachover,

Rudin

2024

Cogent Social Sciences

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An Inner Voice Liberated

Marnin-Distelfeld¹

2021

Journal of Middle East Women's Studies

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This article examines the works of Israeli woman artist Lilian Weisberger, who creates girlhood images that look naive at first glance but are nonetheless multilayered and radical. This examination of Weisberger’s girlhood images is done here for the first time. Applying the bricolage methodology, the investigation of her artwork is based on a visual analysis, in-depth interviews with Weisberger, and feminist theories relevant to girlhood studies combined with several concepts from the field of psychology. Three series are discussed: the dark-gloomy images, bodiless images, and the group of super-girls and defiant ones. These images represent two substantial parts of the girl’s soul—vulnerability versus intensity—while metaphorically materializing a feminist call for authenticity and wholeness of the girl, and eventually the woman. Weisberger’s art embodies a quest for liberating an inner voice through creation.

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The authentic conservative Wonder Woman: Israeli girls negotiating global and local meanings of femininity

Cited by 3 publications

References 41 publications

Wonder Woman on Screen: From Feminist Symbol to Stereotypical Figure

Wonder Woman on Screen: From Feminist Symbol to Stereotypical Figure

Women to grow up with: transnational feminism in empowering biographies for girls

An Inner Voice Liberated

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