Why We Need Superheroes
Author:   Jeffrey Kahan
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9781476682723


Pages:   273
Publication Date:   23 December 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jeffrey Kahan
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.367kg
ISBN:  

9781476682723


ISBN 10:   1476682720
Pages:   273
Publication Date:   23 December 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Why Comic Books 1. Race in Black and White 2. Captain America Rules! 3. The Fantastic Four, Incorporated 4. Coded Complications 5. The Guardians of Goofiness 6. Islamophobia 7. Wayne’s World Coda: Are Comic Books Dying? Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Why We Need Superheroes is a welcome contribution to contemporary popular culture studies. Elegant, comprehensive and infinitely readable, this is a book for teachers, scholars and anyone who's ever been curious about the world of superheroes. --Miranda Corcoran, University College Cork, Ireland


"""This comprehensive, exhaustive volume offers a bounty of riches for those in the subfield of superhero studies. Kahan, who with the late Stan Stewart constructed the first and second editions of Caped Crusaders 101 (2006, 2010), has built on that previous research and analysis while addressing issues and concerns overlooked or marginalized in the earlier works.... this text is an important contribution to superhero pedagogy...highly recommended""--Choice ""Why We Need Superheroes is a welcome contribution to contemporary popular culture studies. Elegant, comprehensive and infinitely readable, this is a book for teachers, scholars and anyone who's ever been curious about the world of superheroes.""--Miranda Corcoran, University College Cork, Ireland"


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Jeffrey Kahan is a professor of English at the University of La Verne in California.

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