Diveristy, Political Correctness and Social Justice in Contemporary Marvel Comics

master's thesis

• Author: Domagoj Kostanjšak
• Mentor: Krunoslav Mikulan (mentor)
• Committee member: Lovorka Zergollern Miletić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Đuro Blažeka (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Teacher Education; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2018-09-27, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: FIELD OF ART; Fine Arts; Graphic Arts
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Interdisciplinary Humanistic Studies; Teaching Methods in the Humanistic Sciences
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology

Abstract

This thesis shows the effects of political correctness, social justice and diversity on contemporary Marvel comics. The main part of the work is divided into two parts: The analysis of the traditonal and the contemporary presentation of minorities and women in Marvel comics. The first part deals with the time of the inception of the industry to the year of 2011 which marked the beginning of big changes in the medium. Comic books like the Black Panther, the first African American superhero, and the X-Men, the first minorities (called “mutants”) were analyzed. The ways Marvel presented those characters, as well as their roles in the shared Universe they were in, are studied. In order to fully analyze their characteristics and importance, some of the more prominent, both early and newer comic books, are looked at in depth. The message they sent to the reader is also taken into consideration. The second part of the thesis follows the same pattern. Comic books from the year of 2011 and up to the present day and all the sudden changes promtped by political correcntess and social justice are analzyed. The comic books studied are Thor, Iron Man and America Chavez.

Abstract (croatian)

U ovom diplomskom radu prikazuje se utjecaj političke korektnosti, socijalne pravde i raznolikosti na Marvelove stripove suvremenog doba. Glavni dio rada podijeljen je na dva dijela: Analiza tradicionalnog i suvremenog prikaza manjina i žena u Marvelovim stripovima. Prvi dio bavi se vremenskim razdobljem od osnutka industrije pa sve do 2011. godine koja se uzima kao početak velikih promjena na stripovskoj sceni. U tom dijelu analiziraju se stripovi prvog afroameričkog superjunaka Black Panthera te stripovi koji su se bavili prikazom prvih manjina u društvu (nazivani “mutantima”) popularno zvanih kao X-Men. Proučavaju se načini na koji je Marvel prikazao te likove i kakvu su ulogu isti imali u zajedničkom svijetu u kojem su stvoreni. Kako bi se detaljno analizirale njihove karakteristike i važnosti tih junaka pobliže se analiziraju neki od njihovih prvih, ali i kasnijih stripova. Također je u obzir uzeta i poruka koja je poslana čitateljima. Na isti način ustrojen je se i drugi dio diplomskog rada koji se bavi suvremenim prikazom superheroja u Marvelovim stripovima. Kreće se od 2011. godine pa sve do danas te se analiziraju velike i iznenadne promjene koje su se dogodile na sceni te se objašnjava kakvu je ulogu u toj promjeni igrala politička korektnost, odnosno socijalna pravda. Analiziraju se stripovi Thora, Iron Mana i Americe Chavez te njihov odmak od ključnih i iskonskih vrijednosti s kojima je industrija procvala

• Keywords: political correcntess; social justice; diversity; Marvel; comics
• Keywords (croatian): politička korektnost; socijalna pravda; raznolikost; Marvel; stripovi
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:147:207513
• Study programme: Title: Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate University Programme of Study of Primary Teacher Education and Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate University Programme of Study for Primary Teacher Education with English and German Language; Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra primarnog obrazovanja (magistar/magistra primarnog obrazovanja)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2018-12-20 07:38:06