LEADER 02927oam 2200565 450 001 9910830117803321 005 20230130162137.0 010 $a1-119-63586-1 010 $a1-119-63587-X 010 $a1-119-63582-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6846175 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6846175 035 $a(CKB)20592827300041 035 $a(OCoLC)1292362434 035 $a(EXLCZ)9920592827300041 100 $a20220302d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcz#---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aBlack Panther and philosophy $ewhat can Wakanda offer the world? /$fedited by Edwardo Pe?rez and Timothy E. Brown 210 1$aHoboken, New Jersey :$cJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.,$d[2022] 210 4$d©2022 215 $a1 online resource (289 pages) 225 1 $aThe Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series 311 08$aPrint version: Pérez, Edwardo Black Panther and Philosophy Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2022 9781119635840 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"When the character of Black Panther first appeared in Fantastic Four no. 52 in July 1966, legendary creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby didn't just write a story about another hero with extraordinary powers, they birthed the first Black superhero. For Lee, "it was a very normal thing," because "A good many of our people here in America are not white. You've got to recognize that and you've got to include them whatever you do." While it might've seemed normal to Lee, Black Panther's (and Wakanda's) significance cannot be overstated. After all, the first Black superhero isn't just a Black superhero, he's the King of an African nation endowed with otherworldly powers, and Wakanda isn't just an African nation, it's the most advanced civilization the Earth has ever seen. Indeed, it shouldn't be lost on us that when Black Panther was introduced (during the Civil Rights era of the 1960s) the thought of a Black President-or an advanced, futuristic African society-would have been, well, unthinkable for too many people"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aBlackwell philosophy and popculture series. 606 $aSuperheroes, Black 606 $aComic books, strips, etc$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aAfrofuturism 606 $aPhilosophy in literature 606 $aPhilosophy in motion pictures 615 0$aSuperheroes, Black. 615 0$aComic books, strips, etc.$xHistory. 615 0$aAfrofuturism. 615 0$aPhilosophy in literature. 615 0$aPhilosophy in motion pictures. 676 $a741.5973 702 $aPe?rez$b Edwardo 702 $aBrown$b Timothy E. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910830117803321 996 $aBlack Panther and philosophy$94077808 997 $aUNINA