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"There is no normal": how Ms. Marvel constitutes U.S. American citizenship between comics and screen

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dc.contributor.authorBowar, Kyra, author
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Karrin, advisor
dc.contributor.authorMarx, Nick, committee member
dc.contributor.authorMartey, Rosa, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-27T10:31:51Z
dc.date.available2024-05-27T10:31:51Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractIn 2014, a new superhero crashed into the Marvel Comics universe; Kamala Khan, a Muslim Pakistani American superheroine, took on the heroic mantle of "Ms. Marvel." Then, in 2022, Kamala's story was adapted to the screen as a part of Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe. Ms. Marvel's story is one of intersections, tensions, and navigating identity in a contemporary, multicultural America. To understand how Marvel and Disney constitute U.S. American citizenship and identity, this thesis compares two versions of Kamala Khan's superhero origin story: the Marvel comic, Ms. Marvel: No Normal (2014), and its streaming television show adaptation on Disney+, Ms. Marvel (2022), produced by Disney's Marvel Studios. Pairing rhetorical criticism with media industry analysis, I argue that, through their adaptation of Ms. Marvel to the screen, Disney widens the borders around U.S. American sociocultural belonging enough to incorporate intersectionally marginalized identities without fully displacing hegemonic understandings of U.S. American citizenship. This thesis demonstrates the utility of multi-methodological critical analysis and expands the theory of constitutive rhetoric by demonstrating how one text can interpellate audience members differently. My analysis also illustrates the continued relevance of superhero media as exemplars of identity formation in contemporary culture.
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dc.identifierBowar_colostate_0053N_18210.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/238371
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2020-
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dc.subjectcitizenship
dc.subjectMarvel
dc.subjectsuperheroes
dc.subjectDisney
dc.subjectAmerican identity
dc.subjectrhetoric
dc.title"There is no normal": how Ms. Marvel constitutes U.S. American citizenship between comics and screen
dc.title.alternativeThere is no normal: how Ms. Marvel constitutes U.S. American citizenship between comics and screen
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thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication Studies
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)

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