The Well‐Born Superhero

Gavaler, Chris

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“…Postcolonial scholars have reclaimed the concept of hybridity to describe the distinctive relationship between the colonizer and the colonized in terms of their cultural (among other things) conjunction (Capino 48). Chris Gavaler notes that hybridity promotes “the agency and creative adaptability of the colonized” and counters the assertion that the colonized passively accepted the colonizer’s influence into their collective psyche (188). Following Homi Bhabha’s definition, hybridity is an important model for political change because this is “where the transformational value of change lies in the rearticulation, or translation of elements that are neither the One, nor the Other, but something else besides, which contests the terms and territories of both” (qtd.…”

Section: Hybriditymentioning

confidence: 99%

Superhero from the Margins: Darna and the Hybridity of the Filipino Superhero Genre

Brillon¹

2021

The J of Popular Culture

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HE PHILIPPINES UNDERWENT A PERIOD OF AMERICAN COLONIZAtion from 1898 to 1946. In almost fifty years of American rule, the American way of life and its values seeped into the social fabric of Philippine society. Their influence on culture was largely disseminated through the public school system, where the English language was taught, and in the introduction of photography, radio, cinema, and mass-produced comic strips. These cultural products became popular forms of relaxation and entertainment while also serving as a tool for government propaganda and the circulation of the colonial ideology of benevolent assimilation and capitalism (Encanto 35).One of the American colonial period's notable influences in the realm of popular culture is in the notion of comic book superheroes. These comics were brought into the country in the early 1940s because they were favorite reading material among American soldiers (Bejo 110). Filipinos were treated to the adventures of Superman, Wonder Woman, and Shazam, among others. Enamored by the visual aesthetics of these stories and the powers of their characters, Filipinos created their own superheroes starting with Varga, who later on became Darna. Her success led to the creation of other superheroes like Captain Barbell, Lastikman, and Super Gee.Darna is one of the oldest and most popular Filipino superhero. She was created by Filipino komiks (comics) genius Mars Ravelo and illustrated by Nestor Redondo. She first appeared as Varga in Bulaklak Magazine (Flower Magazine) in 1947 before moving on to Pilipino Komiks where the character was relaunched as Darna in its May 13,

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Section: Hybriditymentioning

confidence: 99%