Aquaman and the War against Oceans : Comics Activism and Allegory in the Anthropocene /

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Ryan Poll argues that the New 52 Aquaman develops the superhero into a figure of ecological justice who charts the environmental apocalypse caused by global capitalism and helps readers connect the violences occurring in the ocean to those occurring on the surface, including sexism and racism.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Poll, Ryan, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln [Nebraska] : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Johns, Geoff, > 1973-
Aquaman > (Fictitious character)
Johns, Geoff, > 1973- > Criticism and interpretation.
Sea in literature.
Human ecology in literature.
Environmentalism in literature.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Allegory.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels.
NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas.
Comic books, strips, etc. > History and criticism.
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Series Editors' Introduction
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Deep in the Trenches
  • 2. Waves of Feminism
  • 3. The Apocalyptic Ocean
  • 4. Allegories of White Supremacy
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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