02589oam 22006734a 450 991095848950332120240430182059.097817849963831784996386978152610443415261044319781784997007178499700510.7765/9781784997007(CKB)3710000000529264(EBL)4310843(MiAaPQ)EBC4310843(StDuBDS)EDZ0001378255(OCoLC)981606517(MdBmJHUP)muse59532(DE-B1597)659728(DE-B1597)9781784997007(Perlego)1526577(EXLCZ)99371000000052926420160325d2016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSovereignty and superheroesNeal Curtis1st ed.Manchester :Manchester University Press,2016.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2017©2016.1 online resource (214 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780719085048 0719085047 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 StatesfastComic books, strips, etc.Political aspects.Comic books, strips, etc.Political aspectsSuperheroes.Sovereignty.741.5/3581Curtis Neal883478MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910958489503321Sovereignty and superheroes4357088UNINA