Comics as Public Pedagogy
Reading Muslim Masculinities through Muslim Femininities in Ms. Marvel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12975286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shenila Khoja‐moolji (0000-0001-5039-1570, corresponding author), Alyssa D Niccolini |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Girlhood Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1938-8209 • E-ISSN: 1938-8322 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/ghs.2015.080304 |
| OpenAlex | W2326276211 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
In this article we examine the production and operation of the character, Kamala Khan, a Muslim American-Pakistani superheroine of the Ms. Marvel comic series, to glean what this reveals about Islam and Muslims, with particular attention to representations of Muslim masculinities. We argue that Ms. Marvel's invitation to visualize Muslim girls as superheroes is framed by a desire to interrupt rampant Islamophobia and xenophobia, yet, in order to produce such a disruption it relies on, and (re)produces, stereotypical conceptualizations of Muslim masculinities as mirrored in men who are conservative, prone to irrational rage, pre-modern, anachronistic, and even bestial. However, as the series progresses we notice the emergence of representations of complex and complicated Muslim masculinities that cast doubt on these tired, hackneyed ones, thus making way for a comic to undertake the pedagogical work of resistance. We see this graphic novel, like the shape-shifting Kamala herself, as wielding potentially dynamic and transformative power in social imaginaries
Aesthetics · Art · Comics · Feminism · Islam · Islamophobia · Literature · Media studies · Muslim world · Popular culture · Racism · Sociology · Transformative learning · Xenophobia · Comics and Graphic Narratives · Gender Studies · History
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,89 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |