Graduation Year
2015
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Media Studies
Reader 1
T. Kim-Trang Tran
Reader 2
Nancy Macko
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© 2015 Alexandra C. Weston
Abstract
This thesis delves into the surprisingly uniform treatment of the female character in comic storytelling, across all media, and will examine how this has evolved over time. It further explores what these changes represent for the stories, the characters, the creators, and the readers. The focus of the production aspects of this project is on the curation and development of a feminist perspective on comic books, their narrative and the industry that forms them. Looking at specific examples from historical and modern comics, as well as creative
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valkyrieshandbook.tumblr.com
Recommended Citation
Weston, Alexandra C., "Valkyries Handbook: Representations of Women in Comics" (2015). Scripps Senior Theses. 616.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/616
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
