This edited collection centers Gotham's villains and their importance for both Batman and the superhero genre. The analyses examining this varied rogues' gallery raise fundamental questions about what it means to be in a relationship with others and possibilities for future pedagogical and scholarly inquiry.
This edited collection centers Gotham's villains and their importance for both Batman and the superhero genre. The analyses examining this varied rogues' gallery raise fundamental questions about what it means to be in a relationship with others and possibilities for future pedagogical and scholarly inquiry.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Edited by Justin F. Martin and Marco Favaro - Contributions by Matthew Brake; John Darowski; Jason DeHart; Ian J. Drake; Marco Favaro; Daniel Goff; Nicholas James; Jesus Jimenez-Varea; James Taylor; Christina Knopf; Matthew B. Llyod; Justin F. Martin; Nat
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Introduction. Not Exactly a Cowardly Lot: Gotham's Villains Marco Favaro and Justin F. Martin Chapter 1. Death, Monk, and Strange: The Predecessors to the Supervillain in Detective Comics John Darowski Part I. Arkham City: The Asylum, the City and the Ones Who Rule Them Chapter 2. "This Place Isn't a Prison": Institutions, Choice, and the Case of Arkham Asylum Tony Spanakos and Damien K. Picariello Chapter 3. "You Can't Fight City Hall!": The Villains Hidden in Gotham's Government Ian J. Drake and Matthew B. Lloyd Chapter 4. The Owls Nesting in the Bat's City: Secrecy, Gotham's Social Structures, and the Court of Owls James C. Taylor Part II. Confronting Batman: Outsiders, Doppelgängers and Parodies Chapter 5. The Mutants, the Sons of Batman, and the Long Shadow of the Bat Damien K. Picariello Chapter 6. Bane: the Man Who "Doppelgängered" the Bat Jesús Jiménez-Varea Chapter 7. Outcasts and Oppressors: Killer Moth and Killer Croc Jason D. DeHart Part III Creating a Villainous Identity: Form, Function, and Reboots Chapter 8. Flesh, Scars and Clay: The Role of Pain and Bodies in the Creation of Identity and Meaning Marco Favaro Chapter 9. Controlling the Appearances: Thomas Elliot's Hush, His Masks, and the Desire to Dominate Perceptions Sean C. Hadley Chapter 10. "My relationship with Batman has never been what I'd call 'stable'": Catwoman's Flirtations with Superheroism and Her Evolving Role as the Monstrous Feline Fatale. Carl Wilson Chapter 11. "Kite Man, Hell Yeah!": Revisionism, Masculinity, and the Role of the D-tier Supervillain Nicholas T. James Part IV. Dangerous Women: Victims, Vixens, and Villainesses Chapter 12. From Good Girl to Bad Girl to...Something In-Between: Harley Quinn as a Morally Complex Character Nathan Miczo Chapter 13. "There Is One Thing You Have Never Understood About Me, Batman": The Liminality of Talia al Ghul Tosha R. Taylor Chapter 14. Militant Earth Mother: Viewing Poison Ivy as an Ecofeminist rather than as an Ecoterrorist Christina M. Knopf Chapter 15. "Hear me Roar": Trauma Representation of Catwoman in Comic Books and Cinema from 1983-1995 Sean Travers Chapter 16. Arkham's Sirens: Analyzing the Roles of the Body and the Transcendental Subject in Arkham's Villainesses and Antiheroines Marco Favaro Part V. We Are What We Believe: Ethics, Theology, and Motivations Chapter 17. The Demon's Head and the Ethics of the Anthropocene Daniel Goff Chapter 18. Cold-Hearted: Mr. Freeze and Moral Development Justin F. Martin Chapter 19. The Pleasure of Fear: the Scarecrow as an Extremely Immoral, Vicious and Pro-Passion Character According to Stoicism Francisco Miguel Ortiz Chapter 20. Batman, Defender of the Status Quo?: On Anarchy and Anarky (Guest Villain: The Ventriloquist) Eduardo Veteri and Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns Chapter 21. The Hole in Things: Dr. Hurt's Textual History, Religious Significance, and Role in Grant Morrison's Batman Run Matthew Brake
Introduction. Not Exactly a Cowardly Lot: Gotham's Villains Marco Favaro and Justin F. Martin Chapter 1. Death, Monk, and Strange: The Predecessors to the Supervillain in Detective Comics John Darowski Part I. Arkham City: The Asylum, the City and the Ones Who Rule Them Chapter 2. "This Place Isn't a Prison": Institutions, Choice, and the Case of Arkham Asylum Tony Spanakos and Damien K. Picariello Chapter 3. "You Can't Fight City Hall!": The Villains Hidden in Gotham's Government Ian J. Drake and Matthew B. Lloyd Chapter 4. The Owls Nesting in the Bat's City: Secrecy, Gotham's Social Structures, and the Court of Owls James C. Taylor Part II. Confronting Batman: Outsiders, Doppelgängers and Parodies Chapter 5. The Mutants, the Sons of Batman, and the Long Shadow of the Bat Damien K. Picariello Chapter 6. Bane: the Man Who "Doppelgängered" the Bat Jesús Jiménez-Varea Chapter 7. Outcasts and Oppressors: Killer Moth and Killer Croc Jason D. DeHart Part III Creating a Villainous Identity: Form, Function, and Reboots Chapter 8. Flesh, Scars and Clay: The Role of Pain and Bodies in the Creation of Identity and Meaning Marco Favaro Chapter 9. Controlling the Appearances: Thomas Elliot's Hush, His Masks, and the Desire to Dominate Perceptions Sean C. Hadley Chapter 10. "My relationship with Batman has never been what I'd call 'stable'": Catwoman's Flirtations with Superheroism and Her Evolving Role as the Monstrous Feline Fatale. Carl Wilson Chapter 11. "Kite Man, Hell Yeah!": Revisionism, Masculinity, and the Role of the D-tier Supervillain Nicholas T. James Part IV. Dangerous Women: Victims, Vixens, and Villainesses Chapter 12. From Good Girl to Bad Girl to...Something In-Between: Harley Quinn as a Morally Complex Character Nathan Miczo Chapter 13. "There Is One Thing You Have Never Understood About Me, Batman": The Liminality of Talia al Ghul Tosha R. Taylor Chapter 14. Militant Earth Mother: Viewing Poison Ivy as an Ecofeminist rather than as an Ecoterrorist Christina M. Knopf Chapter 15. "Hear me Roar": Trauma Representation of Catwoman in Comic Books and Cinema from 1983-1995 Sean Travers Chapter 16. Arkham's Sirens: Analyzing the Roles of the Body and the Transcendental Subject in Arkham's Villainesses and Antiheroines Marco Favaro Part V. We Are What We Believe: Ethics, Theology, and Motivations Chapter 17. The Demon's Head and the Ethics of the Anthropocene Daniel Goff Chapter 18. Cold-Hearted: Mr. Freeze and Moral Development Justin F. Martin Chapter 19. The Pleasure of Fear: the Scarecrow as an Extremely Immoral, Vicious and Pro-Passion Character According to Stoicism Francisco Miguel Ortiz Chapter 20. Batman, Defender of the Status Quo?: On Anarchy and Anarky (Guest Villain: The Ventriloquist) Eduardo Veteri and Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns Chapter 21. The Hole in Things: Dr. Hurt's Textual History, Religious Significance, and Role in Grant Morrison's Batman Run Matthew Brake
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