02606oam 22006854a 450 991079782290332120221014230316.01-78499-638-61-5261-0443-11-78499-700-510.7765/9781784997007(CKB)3710000000529264(EBL)4310843(MiAaPQ)EBC4310843(StDuBDS)EDZ0001378255(OCoLC)981606517(MdBmJHUP)muse59532(DE-B1597)659728(DE-B1597)9781784997007(EXLCZ)99371000000052926420160325d2016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSovereignty and superheroesNeal CurtisManchester :Manchester University Press,2016.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2017©2016.1 online resource (214 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7190-8504-7 Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.Introduction: Sovereignty and superheroes -- 1.Legitimacy and the good -- 2. Defending freedom -- 3. Law and violence -- 4.Friend and enemy -- 5. Emergency and bare life -- 6. Symbolic authority and kinship -- 7.Sovereignty at the limit -- Postscript -- Bibliography -- Index.This title marks a major contribution to the emerging field of comic studies and the growing literature on superheroes. Using a range of critical theorists, the book examines superheroes as sovereigns, addressing amongst other things the complex treatment of law and violence, legitimacy, and authority.Comic books, strips, etcPolitical aspectsfast(OCoLC)fst00869163Comic books, strips, etcPolitical aspectsUnited StatesSuperheroesSovereigntyUnited StatesfastComics.Emergency.Law.Power.Sovereignty.Superheroes.Violence.Comic books, strips, etc.Political aspects.Comic books, strips, etc.Political aspectsSuperheroes.Sovereignty.741.5/3581Curtis Neal883478MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910797822903321Sovereignty and superheroes3691069UNINA