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Do the gods wear capes? : spirituality, fantasy, and superheroes /
Brash, bold, and sometimes brutal, superheroes might seem to epitomize modern pop-culture at its most melodramatic and mindless. But according to Ben Saunders, the appeal of the superhero is fundamentally metaphysical - even spiritual - in nature. In chapter-length analyses of the early comic book a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum International Pub. Group,
©2011.
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| Colección: | New directions in religion and literature.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The power of love
- Superman: truth, justice, and all that stuff
- Wonder Woman: bondage and liberation
- Spider-Man: heroic failure and spiritual triumph
- Iron Man: techno-faith
- Modern gods
- Appendix: On the place of superhero studies within comics studies.