Black Women in Sequence

Deborah Elizabeth Whaley is associate professor of American studies and African American studies at the University of Iowa. She is the author of Disciplining Women: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Black Counterpublics, and the Cultural Politics of Black Sororities.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Re-inking the Nation: Jackie Ormes's Black Cultural Front Comics2. Black Cat Got Your Tongue?: Catwoman, Blackness, and Postracialism3. African Goddesses, Mixed-Race Wonders, and Baadasssss Women: Black Women as "Signs" of African in US Comics4. Anime Dreams for African Girls: Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water5. Where I'm Coming From: Black Female Artists and Postmodern ComixConclusion: Comic Book Divas and the Making of Sequential Subjects NotesIndex

"A must read."- Laura Sneddon (Women Write about Comics) "Whaley presents a compelling study of women of African descent in American comics. . . . The kaleidoscopic nature of her study allows readers to form a comprehensive idea about the politics of race and gender in American comics from the late 1930s until today. . . . With its far-ranging thematic scope and range, Black Women in Sequence is destined to become a cornerstone in the study of gender and race in American comics."- Kirsten Mollegaard (Journal of Popular Culture) "One of the first book-length works to deal specifically with the construction and experience of black women in sequential art. . . . Whaley considers the creation and consumption of sequential media by black women, often erased from conversations about fan culture. . . . An extraordinarily ambitious work."- Joshua Abraham Kopin (American Literature) "Engaging and provocative, Black Women in Sequence is relevant not only to comic scholars, but to anyone with an interest in how difference is represented using visual rhetoric."(Feminist Media Studies)