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Death, disability, and the superhero : the Silver Age and beyond /

The Thing. Daredevil. Captain Marvel. The Human Fly. Drawing on DC and Marvel comics from the 1950s to the 1990s and marshaling insights from three burgeoning fields of inquiry in the humanities--disability studies, death and dying studies, and comics studies--José Alaniz seeks to redefine the cont...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alaniz, José (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : "Unmasked at last!" : death, disability and the super-body
  • Supercrip: disability, visuality, and the Silver Age superhero
  • "What can we ever have to fear from a blind man?!!": disability, Daredevil, and passing
  • Borderline cases: gender, race, and the "disabled" superhero
  • Dismodernism and "The world's strangest heroes"
  • How not to be a superhero: narrative prosthetics and the human fly
  • The dismal trade: death, the market, and Silver Age superheroes
  • Facing death in Strikeforce: Morituri
  • Death, bereavement, and "Funeral for a friend"
  • Conclusion: vital lies, vital truths.