num_pages: 342
description: Wonder Woman is an iconbut an icon of what? To some shes Lynda Carter spinning into star-studded shorts to save the day. To others shes a racy Halloween costume or inspiring feminist role model. Which is true? This book analyzes each era of Wonder Woman from the Golden Age to George Prez and Gail Simones reboots to The New 52 and television shows cartoons and films. Which teach the right messages for girls and boys? Which have problematic symbols? Most of all which present an empowering female superhero and which just a fun-loving princess in an improbably clinging corset? Lets find out.
language: English
title: Empowered: The Symbolism, Feminism, & Superheroism of Wonder Woman
publisher: LitCrit Press