View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by San Jose State University San Jose State University SJSU ScholarWorks Master's Theses Master's Theses and Graduate Research Spring 2019 He's the Hero We Deserve: Batman as a Figure of Dominant Masculinity Karen Medrano San Jose State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_theses Recommended Citation Medrano, Karen, "He's the Hero We Deserve: Batman as a Figure of Dominant Masculinity" (2019). Master's Theses. 5009. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31979/etd.xad7-qs2e https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_theses/5009 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Master's Theses and Graduate Research at SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. HE’S THE HERO WE DESERVE: BATMAN AS A FIGURE OF DOMINANT MASCULINITY A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Department of Art and Art History San José State University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts by Karen Medrano May 2019 © 2019 Karen Medrano ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Designated Thesis Committee Approves the Thesis Titled HE’S THE HERO WE DESERVE: BATMAN AS A FIGURE OF DOMINANT MASCULINITY by Karen Medrano APPROVED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSITY MAY 2019 Dore Bowen, Ph.D. Department of Art and Art History Janet Silk, M.F.A.