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Library and Information Science

City University of New York (CUNY)

Urban Library Journal

2021

Critical university studies

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I Am Not A Badass: Against The Librarian-As-Superhero Stereotype, Rachel King Dec 2021

I Am Not A Badass: Against The Librarian-As-Superhero Stereotype, Rachel King

Urban Library Journal

This paper explores cultural tropes portraying librarians as heroes and superheroes. In this work, the writer has drawn on social reproduction feminist theory to explain the appearance of this emerging librarian stereotype, as well as to help readers better understand the role of academic librarians in today’s underfunded and pandemic-ravaged neoliberal university.

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