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Autore |
Alaniz José |
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Titolo |
Death, disability, and the superhero : the silver age and beyond / / José Alaniz ; designed by Peter D. Halverson |
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Jackson, Mississippi : , : University Press of Mississippi, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-62846-118-7 |
1-62674-065-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (376 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Comic books, strips, etc - History and criticism |
Death in literature |
People with disabilities in literature |
Body image in literature |
Graphic novels - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Thing. Daredevil. Captain Marvel. The Human Fly. Drawing on DC and Marvel comics from the 1950's to the 1990's and marshaling insights from three burgeoning fields of inquiry in the humanities-disability studies, death and dying studies, and comics studies-the book seeks to redefine the contemporary understanding of the superhero. Beginning in the Silver Age, the genre increasingly challenged and complicated its hypermasculine, quasi-eugenicist biases through such disabled figures as Ben Grimm/The Thing, Matt Murdock/Daredevil, and the Doom Patrol. The author traces how the superhero became increasingly vulnerable, ill, and mortal in this era. He then proceeds to a reinterpretation of characters and series-some familiar (Superman), some obscure (She-Thing). |
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