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Bezig met laden... The Secret History of Wonder Woman (origineel 2014; editie 2014)door Jill Lepore (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A shockingly non-lurid mix of feminist history, polyamory, probable bisexuality, bondage, new age stuff... these folks were the original bi poly kinky pagan geeks (an old livejournal community). Some will be offended by the bondage and polyamory. Others will be offended by Marston sleeping with his research assistant and his subsequent ultimatum to his wife. Still others will be offended by by their disingenuous self promotion and promotion of each other without disclosing affiliation. *shrug* They were people living their lives, not role models, and one of the things about secrets is that people keep them to avoid censure. Part of me is sad that no one came out and said for certain whether Holloway and Olive were co-spouses or spouses, but 1. Holloway’s favorite book was Sappho and 2. It’s kind of not my business, and kind of doesn’t matter. They lived together for over sixty years. The lurid details are unimportant next to that. GREAT HERA! It's no secret that the history of Wonder Woman and her creator is by far one of the most fascinating in comic books. A book like this was waiting to be written at some point. For me, it had everything I wanted and then some. I'd call myself a big fan of Wonder Woman, but over the years I've gotten less interested in her comics and more interested in her history. William Moulton Marston is a writer who I put into the category of separating his lifestyle from the comic books....or so I thought. In a way this statement still stands true because unlike Wonder Woman, Marston's life an this biography isn't for kids to read. Wonder Woman is very much an icon for adults as well as children...as long as children don't read this book. Lepore kind of hit the nail over the head with so many topics the have surrounded Wonder Woman for years and maybe added some more. Mostly she brings up the fact that yes indeed Wonder Woman is a huge feminist icon, whether you label yourself on or not, you can't deny the fact Wonder Woman had feminism in the comic books. This book does bring up the fact too there is a lot of sexual undertones in the comics, you can't hid the fact Wonder Woman is bonded or tied-up in nearly every issue. Yes Wonder Woman is feminist as a character, but the stories can bring that up for debate. Lepore also brings up Marston's family. Even for today's standers it's controversial. He was living with two or three other woman and had kids with them all under the same roof. Two of the woman died together. I'm still a little confused on this because it reads like a soap opera. One thing I didn't know was Wonder Woman's connection with Margaret Sanger. Lepore even states how Wonder Woman is partially inspired on Sanger (among sever other women). If you think you know the real story of Wonder Woman, chances are you don't until you read this book. It sounds like Lepore got some "secret" documents with the family's permission. I'm not sure some of this stuff was ever seen before. This doesn't read like a tell-all-book, so don't worry about that. This is biography and a history book with facts and a ton of research. This is for Wonder Woman fans, but more for the people who want the actual history. This book might make you love Wonder Woman even more or might make you ask "Who exactly is Wonder Woman?" geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML:A riveting work of historical detection revealing that the origin of one of the worldâ??s most iconic superheroes hides within it a fascinating family storyâ??and a crucial history of twentieth-century feminism Wonder Woman, created in 1941, is the most popular female superhero of all time. Aside from Superman and Batman, no superhero has lasted as long or commanded so vast and wildly passionate a following. Like every other superhero, Wonder Woman has a secret identity. Unlike every other superhero, she has also has a secret history. Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore has uncovered an astonishing trove of documents, including the never-before-seen private papers of William Moulton Marston, Wonder Womanâ??s creator. Beginning in his undergraduate years at Harvard, Marston was influenced by early suffragists and feminists, starting with Emmeline Pankhurst, who was banned from speaking on campus in 1911, when Marston was a freshman. In the 1920s, Marston and his wife, Sadie Elizabeth Holloway, brought into their home Olive Byrne, the niece of Margaret Sanger, one of the most influential feminists of the twentieth century. The Marston family story is a tale of drama, intrigue, and irony. In the 1930s, Marston and Byrne wrote a regular column for Family Circle celebrating conventional family life, even as they themselves pursued lives of extraordinary nonconformity. Marston, internationally known as an expert on truthâ??he invented the lie detector testâ??lived a life of secrets, only to spill them on the pages of Wonder Woman. The Secret History of Wonder Woman is a tour de force of intellectual and cultural history. Wonder Woman, Lepore argues, is the missing link in the history of the struggle for womenâ??s rightsâ??a chain of events that begins with the womenâ??s suffrage campaigns of the early 1900s and ends with the troubled place of f Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I enjoyed this book. I never knew much of this history. Marston had a big ego and craved attention as he wrote articles and the Wonder Woman comic. The women were quieter but their contributions to his work were noted. I liked how the suffragette movement of the early 1900's was shown. I did not realize how feminism changed through the decades, how it died down then WWII happened making it come back into focus as women move into the work force, then how it was forced back after the war until the 1970's. I suspect Margaret Sanger and her sister Ethel Byrne are rolling over in their graves with the political situation that is occurring today, how much of their work is being undone.
This is timely. It is an interesting history. Seeing how Wonder Woman changed through the decades is also interesting and knowing movies with her have been popular lately. I think Marston would have hated how his comic was changed after his death, but he would have been happy that she is still popular today. This is worth reading. ( )