Arrow And Superhero Television: Essays On Themes And Characters Of The Series

Synopsis

The Contributors Explore The Reasons Behind Arrow's Success, The Series' Representation Of Bodies, Its Portrayal Of Women, Its Shifting Political Ideologies, And Audience Reception And Influence On Storylines-- Introduction / James F. Iaccino, Cory Barker And Myc Wiatrowski -- Part One: Theoretical Approaches To Understanding Arrow -- I Must Become Something Else: The Evolution Of The Cw's Arrow / Lisa K. Perdigao -- Reading The Body, Deciphering The Text: Arrow's Multiliteracies, Superheroics And Merging Multimodalities / Perry Dantzler -- The Arrow And His Villainous Counterparts: An Examination Of Their Journeys Toward Psychic Transformation / James F. Iaccino -- Part Two: Muscles, Scars And Tattoos -- Working Out As Creative Labor, Or The Building Of The Male Superhero's Body / Juan Llamas-rodriguez -- Twenty Percent Of His Body: Scar Tissue, Masculinity And Identity In Arrow / Evan Hayles Gledhill -- Beyond Wounds And Words: The Rhetoric Of Scarred Embodiment In Arrow / Sara K. Howe -- The Mark Of Cain: Bodies, Belonging And The Bratva / John Carter Mcknight -- Part Three: Sexism And Empowerment In Arrow -- Simians, Cyborgs And Smoak: Felicity's Gendered Roles / Ashley Lynn Carlson -- Sexism, Heroism And Morality In The Cw's Arrow And Dc Comics' Green Arrow / Katherine E. Whaley And Justin Wigard -- Part Four: Politics And Diversity In Arrow -- You Have Failed This City: Arrow, Left-wing Vigilantism And The Modern Day Robin Hood / Antonio Pineda And Jesús Jiménez-varea -- What, O.j. And Charles Manson Weren't Available? Dc Comics, The Cw's Arrow And The Quest For Racial Diversity / Rodney A. Thomas, Jr. -- Part Five: The Influence Of Arrow's Fandom -- World And Fandom Building: Extending The Universe Of Arrow In Arrow 2.5 / Mélanie Bourdaa And Bertha Chin -- When Fans Know Best: Oliciters Right The Ship / Tanya R. Cochran And Meghan K. Winchell. Edited By James F. Iaccino, Cory Barker And Myc Wiatrowski. Filmography: Pages 209-214. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.