Superheroes and Identities

Summary

Superheroes saturate popular culture and the mass media, but what can their representations tell us about the pleasure audiences experience in reading these stories? In what ways do superhero narratives encourage us to question human identities and attitudes to gender, race, and comics form? The book was originally published in

Product details

• Authors: Mel Huxley Gibson
• Assisted by: Mel Gibson (Editor), David Huxley (Editor), Huxley David (Editor), Joan Ormrod (Editor), Ormrod Joan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367738938
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73893-8
• No. of pages: 294
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire > Comic; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Graphic novels: history & criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Reference, Guides & Companions