LEADER 02606oam 22006854a 450 001 9910823924803321 005 20221014230316.0 010 $a1-78499-638-6 010 $a1-5261-0443-1 010 $a1-78499-700-5 024 7 $a10.7765/9781784997007 035 $a(CKB)3710000000529264 035 $a(EBL)4310843 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4310843 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001378255 035 $a(OCoLC)981606517 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse59532 035 $a(DE-B1597)659728 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781784997007 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000529264 100 $a20160325d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aSovereignty and superheroes$fNeal Curtis 210 1$aManchester :$cManchester University Press,$d2016. 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2017 210 4$dİ2016. 215 $a1 online resource (214 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7190-8504-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 8 $aThis 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. 606 $aComic books, strips, etc$xPolitical aspects$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00869163 606 $aComic books, strips, etc$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aSuperheroes 606 $aSovereignty 607 $aUnited States$2fast 610 $aComics. 610 $aEmergency. 610 $aLaw. 610 $aPower. 610 $aSovereignty. 610 $aSuperheroes. 610 $aViolence. 615 7$aComic books, strips, etc.$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aComic books, strips, etc.$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aSuperheroes. 615 0$aSovereignty. 676 $a741.5/3581 700 $aCurtis$b Neal$0883478 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823924803321 996 $aSovereignty and superheroes$94080372 997 $aUNINA