Wonder Woman psychology
Subtitle: lassoing the truth
By: edited by Travis Langley and Mara Wood ; foreword by Trina Robbins
Series: Popular culture psychology series; Popular culture psychology series
Publisher: Sterling
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9781454923435
Subjects: Psychology and literature; Wonder Woman (Comic strip); Comic books, strips; Superheroes; Psychological aspects
Description: "What can we learn about human psychology from a superhero who is mentally healthy? This compendium of 20 essays offers a fascinating analysis of the psychology behind one of the world's most famous superheroes--Wonder Woman--and looks at the controversial psychologist who created her. Seek the truth!"--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: "Unauthorized"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Psychology on trial : the other legacy of William Moulton Marston  -- Martin Lloyd; title: Dominance, inducement, submission, compliance : throwing the DISC in fact and fiction  -- Mara Wood; title: Marston, Wertham, and the psychological potential of comic books  -- Tim Hanley and Travis Langley; title: The tale of a manx cat (a memoir from the woman who gave us wonder)  -- Elizabeth Holloway Marston; title: A perfect place : Paradise Island and utopian communities  -- Mara Wood; title: Individuation and the psychology of rebirth  -- Chris Yogerst and Caitlin Yogerst; title: The heroine and the hero's journey  -- Laura Vecchiolla; title: A mother's magic : parenting issues in Paradise  -- Mike Madrid and Rebecca M. Langley; title: Multiple identities, multiple selves? Diana's actual, idea, and ought selves  -- Wind Goodfriend and Annamaria Formichella-Elsden; title: Growing a goddess : child development and Wonder Woman  -- Mara Wood; title: Compassion is my superpower  -- Jenna Busch and Janina Scarlet; title: Feminist psychology : teaching how to be wonderful  -- Mara Wood; title: An Amazon in a world of men  -- Lara Taylor Kester and Nina Taylor Kester; title: It's a man's world : Wonder Woman and attitudes toward gender roles  -- Erin Currie; title: From Wing Chun to Wonder Woman : empowerment through martial skill  -- E. Paul Zehr and Jeff Pisciotta; title: Snapping necks and wearing pants : symbols, schemas, and stress over change  -- Travis Langley; title: First of her name : Wonder Woman, the role model  -- Mara Wood; title: Balancing the warrior and the peace ambassador : self-concepts and moral complexity  -- Eric D. Wesselman, Emilio J.C. Lobato, and J. Scott Jordan; title: Coffee with your hero : the benefits of parasocial relationships  -- Janina Scarlet and Alan Kistler; title: Truth in treatment : who wields the magic? -- Travis Langley and Mara Wood.