Heroes, Heroines, and Everything in Between

Edited by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard and Christopher J. Olson - Contributions by Fatima Q. Al Hattami; Sara Austin; Thomas J Billard; Nancy Bressler; Claire Burdfield; Chrys Egan; Rebecca Feasey; Susan G. Kahlenberg; Brian L. MacAuley; Jennifer Miller; Jerral

The past decade has seen an increase in nontraditional representations of gender and sexuality identities in children's entertainment media, keeping pace with the improved acceptance of these identities in global society and culture. This anthology collects analyses of these representations in a range of media texts from around the world.

ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Looking Past Stereotypes of Gender Identity and Sexuality in Children's Media-CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, Christopher J. Olson, and Susan G. KahlenbergChapter 1: SheZow: Costume Changes and Gender Non-Conformity-Rebecca FeaseyChapter 2: A Little Queer: Ambivalence and the Work of Gender Play in Children's Literature- Jennifer MillerChapter 3: Hungry for Change: Analysis and Application of The Hunger Games-Chrys EganChapter 4: "I'll Show You What a Girl Is": Analyzing Non-Stereotypical Representations of Gender on Liv & Maddie-Nancy BresslerChapter 5: "She really knows her stuff": Counter-hegemonic Messages about Gender in Disney Junior's Doc McStuffins-Jerralyn R. R. MoudryChapter 6: Female Gender Modeling Between Now and Then: Two Western Cartoons and Their Resonance with an Arab Culture-Fatima Q. Al Hattami and Richard J. SchaeferChapter 7: Cold, Tactless, Brave, Heroic, Technowizards: The New Feminine of Mattel's Fashion Dolls-Sara AustinChapter 8: Feroumont's, Hubert's and Kerascoët's Heroines: Debunking the Myths of Happiness in Romantic Fairy Tales and Romance Novels-Annick PellegrinChapter 9: "Let It Go"?: Re-Inventing the Disney Fairy Tale in Frozen-Heike SteinhoffChapter 10: A Computer Boy or a Computer Girl?: Adventure Time, BMO and Gender Fluidity-Christopher J. Olson and CarrieLynn D. ReinhardChapter 11: Sexualized Sponges: SpongeBob SquarePants and Gender Identity-Claire BurdfieldChapter 12: Quantification of Gender: Gender Counter-Stereotypes Across Disney and Nickelodeon Networks Using Content Analysis-Susan G. KahlenbergChapter 13: "It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a Transgender Superhero!": Transgender Characters in Marvel, DC, and Image Comics-Thomas J Billard and Brian L. MacAuleyConclusion: New Role Models for Children? -Christopher J. OlsonAbout the Editors and Contributors