Comics, intertextuality and intermediality for a coeduational critique: Analysis of the (anti)superheroic femininity of Jean Grey/Phoenix

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  • Jorge Belmonte Arocha Universitat de València

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/eutopias.21.21274

Keywords:

Comic, cinema, Jean Grey/Phoenix, (anti)superheroic femininity, audiovisual coeducation.

Abstract

The mythology of the American superhero comic book figure, characterized by a global and cross-cultural circulation, expanded its original space of comic vignettes with the arrival of its plots and characters in the universe of audiovisual media, an intermedial expansion that has continued and increased significantly in the 21st century. In addition to appreciating the opening of the comic to the expressive space of other media, we will stress the necessity of such opening for the academic and educational reflective spaces, by analysing, critically and intertextually,  the (anti)superheroic femininity of one of Marvel’s character with coeducational purposes: Jean Grey, a character from the long-lived X-Men comic book (Stan Lee y Jack Kirby, 1963), recently brought to the screen  in in Dark Phoenix (Simon Kinberg, 2019). 

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Author Biography

Jorge Belmonte Arocha, Universitat de València

Jorge Belmonte Arocha , Bachelor in Psychology, holds a Master in Science of Language, and a Ph. D. in Audiovisual Communication from the University of Valencia, where he teaches at the Faculty of Philosophy and Education Sciences. He taught in the Ph. D. Program in Gender Studies, University of Buenos Aires, and at the seminar “Audiovisual Memory and Gender in Spain”, at the Scuola Superiore of Studi Umanistici of the Università di Bologna. His research includes: media culture and audiovisual co-education, gender studies, social imaginary and post-tv culture.

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Published

2021-06-30

How to Cite

Belmonte Arocha, J. (2021). Comics, intertextuality and intermediality for a coeduational critique: Analysis of the (anti)superheroic femininity of Jean Grey/Phoenix. EU-topías. A Journal on Interculturality, Communication, and European Studies, 21, 175–193. https://doi.org/10.7203/eutopias.21.21274
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