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Critical Discourse Analysis of Wonder Woman’s Appearance in “All Star Comics No. 8”: Uncovering Feminist Ideologies

José Irineo Omar Serna-Gutiérrez * sernaomar@ugto.mx * ORCID: 0000-0003-1618-8776 * Researcher ID: N-2088-2018
University of Guanajuato, Division of Social Sciences and Humanities (The author is MA student at the University of Guanajuato, Division of Social Sciences and Humanities.)

Open Journal for Anthropological Studies, 2018, 2(1), 13-26 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojas.0201.02013s
Online Published Date: 12 August 2018

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ARTICLE (Full Text - PDF)Critical Discourse Analysis of Wonder Woman’s Appearance in “All Star Comics No. 8”: Uncovering Feminist Ideologies

KEY WORDS: critical discourse analysis, feminist ideologies, Wonder Woman.

ABSTRACT:
Through critical discourse analysis, feminist ideologies found within Wonder Woman’s first comic book appearance are uncovered. This is achieved by following Fairclough’s threedimensional model of critical discourse analysis in which the text is socially positioned. The findings suggest that radical feminist ideologies prevail in Wonder Woman’s first appearance. Finally, a call for a multi-modal analysis is made as it would better represent the language – text and image – found in comics.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
José Irineo Omar Serna-Gutiérrez, Blvd. Rodolfo Padilla Padilla, 2764-204-19, Residencial Rubi, Leon, Guanajuato, MEXICO. E-mail: sernaomar@ugto.mx.

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