Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction-Cory Barker, Chris Ryan and Myc Wiatrowski
Part One: Smallville's ­Decade-Long Mythical Journey
Mythicizing Clark Kent: Archetypes and Mythic Structures of Smallville-Daniel P. Compora
The Smallville Destiny: The Superhero's Shaping by His Archetypal Fathers-James F. Iaccino
"Always hold on to Smallville": Domesticity and the Male Hero-Bridget Kies
Part Two: Powerful Women
Sidekicks or Heroines? The Feminist Successes and Failures of Smallville's Leading Ladies-Valerie Estelle Frankel
Another Way: Tess Mercer as Ethical Hero-Peter Melville
Girl Friday Power: Chloe Sullivan and the Hacker Sidekicks of ­Twenty-First Century Teen Television-Tara K. Parmiter
Part Three: Bodies, Identities and Politics
Rummaging Through the Closet: (Un)Masking the Signified Other in Smallville's First Four Seasons-Jonathan A. Austad
Kryptonian Encounters: Model Immigration and Superman's Impossible Dream-Roger Almendarez
Bodies as Unreliable Signifiers: The Inconsistency of Smallville's Character Construction-Daniel Kulle
Part Four: Reception
Finding Clark Kent: Sites of Nostalgia and Affect-Gregory Bray and John Patrick Bray
"Chlark" Versus "Clois": Shippers, ­Anti-Fans and ­Anti-Fan Fans-Cory Barker
Selected Bibliography
About the Contributors
Index