04520nam 22007095 450 991048027700332120210722024425.00-8147-6273-510.18574/9780814762738(CKB)2670000000386858(EBL)1225007(OCoLC)854520311(SSID)ssj0000915464(PQKBManifestationID)11508808(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000915464(PQKBWorkID)10866104(PQKB)11662789(MiAaPQ)EBC1225007(OCoLC)852795664(MdBmJHUP)muse29267(DE-B1597)548656(DE-B1597)9780814762738(EXLCZ)99267000000038685820200608h20132013 fg 0engur|n#---|||||txtrdacontentstirdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierComic Book Crime Truth, Justice, and the American Way /Nickie D. Phillips, Staci StroblNew York, NY :New York University Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (289 pages) illustrationsAlternative Criminology ;4Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-6788-5 0-8147-6787-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-282) and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --1. HOLY CRIMINOLOGY, BATMAN! --2. “CRIME DOESN’T PAY” --3. THE WORLD IS SHIFTING --4. A BETTER TOMORROW --5. “THAT’S THE TROUBLE WITH A BAD SEED” --6. “AREN’T WE SUPPOSED TO BE THE GOOD GUYS?” --7. “TAKE DOWN THE BAD GUYS, SAVE THE GIRL” --8. “AREN’T THERE ANY BROWN PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD?” --9. APOCALYPTIC INCAPACITATION --10. CONCLUSION --229 APPENDIX: SAMPLE AND METHODOLOGY --NOTES --BIBLIOGRAPHY --INDEX --ABOUT THE AUTHORSSuperman, Batman, Daredevil, and Wonder Woman are iconic cultural figures that embody values of order, fairness, justice, and retribution. Comic Book Crime digs deep into these and other celebrated characters, providing a comprehensive understanding of crime and justice in contemporary American comic books. This is a world where justice is delivered, where heroes save ordinary citizens from certain doom, where evil is easily identified and thwarted by powers far greater than mere mortals could possess. Nickie Phillips and Staci Strobl explore these representations and show that comic books, as a historically important American cultural medium, participate in both reflecting and shaping an American ideological identity that is often focused on ideas of the apocalypse, utopia, retribution, and nationalism. Through an analysis of approximately 200 comic books sold from 2002 to 2010, as well as several years of immersion in comic book fan culture, Phillips and Strobl reveal the kinds of themes and plots popular comics feature in a post-9/11 context. They discuss heroes’ calculations of “deathworthiness,” or who should be killed in meting out justice, and how these judgments have as much to do with the hero’s character as they do with the actions of the villains. This fascinating volume also analyzes how class, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation are used to construct difference for both the heroes and the villains in ways that are both conservative and progressive. Engaging, sharp, and insightful, Comic Book Crime is a fresh take on the very meaning of truth, justice, and the American way.Alternative CriminologyLiterature and societyUnited StatesHistorySocial values in literatureJustice in literatureCrime in literatureComic books, strips, etcHistory and criticismElectronic books.Literature and societyHistory.Social values in literature.Justice in literature.Crime in literature.Comic books, strips, etc.History and criticism.741.5/973Phillips Nickie D.authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1047826Strobl Staciauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910480277003321Comic Book Crime2475693UNINA