Sovereignty and superheroes / Neal Curtis
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| Autore: |
Curtis Neal
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| Titolo: |
Sovereignty and superheroes / Neal Curtis
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| Pubblicazione: | Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016 |
| Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2017 | |
| ©2016 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (214 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 741.5/3581 |
| Soggetto topico: | Comic books, strips, etc - Political aspects |
| Comic books, strips, etc - Political aspects - United States | |
| Superheroes | |
| Sovereignty | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Sovereignty and superheroes |
| ISBN: | 9781784996383 |
| 1784996386 | |
| 9781526104434 | |
| 1526104431 | |
| 9781784997007 | |
| 1784997005 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910958489503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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