Batman and the Joker : Contested Sexuality in Popular Culture (Paperback)

Introduction Reading the Dark Knight Queering the Caped Crusader Investigating the World’s Greatest Detective Chapter One: Dragged into Desire: Bruce Wayne’s Woman Problem Traces of Batman Desire and the Dark Knight The Bat and the Cat Chapter Two: Lavender Lapels and Poison Pansies: The Joker as Queer Trickster The Man Who Laughs Straight and Narrow The Fraternity of Saps Death of the Family Chapter Three: With the Lights Out: The Then and There of Gotham City Of Other Spaces Profound Silences No Man’s Land List of Comics