{"product_id":"9780813594491","title":"Wonder Woman: New edition with full color illustrations","description":"William Marston was an unusual man—a psychologist, a soft-porn pulp novelist, more than a bit of a carny, and the (self-declared) inventor of the lie detector. He was also the creator of Wonder Woman, the comic that he used to express two of his greatest passions: feminism and women in bondage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Comics expert Noah Berlatsky takes us on a wild ride through the \u003ci\u003eWonder Woman\u003c\/i\u003e comics of the 1940s, vividly illustrating how Marston’s many quirks and contradictions, along with the odd disproportionate composition created by illustrator Harry Peter, produced a comic that was radically ahead of its time in terms of its bold presentation of female power and sexuality. Himself a committed polyamorist, Marston created a universe that was friendly to queer sexualities and lifestyles, from kink to lesbianism to cross-dressing. Written with a deep affection for the fantastically pulpy elements of the early \u003ci\u003eWonder Woman\u003c\/i\u003e comics, from invisible jets to giant multi-lunged space kangaroos, the book also reveals how the comic addressed serious, even taboo issues like rape and incest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWonder Woman: Bondage and Feminism in the Marston\/Peter Comics 1941-1948\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how illustrator and writer came together to create a unique, visionary work of art, filled with bizarre ambition, revolutionary fervor, and love, far different from the action hero symbol of the feminist movement many of us recall from television.","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080070611184,"sku":"9780813594491","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780813594491_p0.jpg?v=1763739737","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780813594491","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}