Nao Tomabechi

Supervillains

The Significance of Evil in Superhero Comics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a savvy investigation of the supervillains that appear in superhero comics. Exploring villainous archetypes and Otherness in relation to the notion of evil, the book investigates how supervillains uphold and solidify but also trouble hegemonic ideals expressed by the heroism of superheroes.  

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9781978839373
• ISBN-10: 1978839375
• Artikelnr.: 70160296

Autorenporträt

NAO TOMABECHI

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 Superheroes, Supervillains, and Their Multipurpose Violence
2 Looks Matter: The Visual Signs of Supervillainy
3 Supervillains, or: The Devious Monsters of Contemporary America
4 Female Supervillains' Complicated Gender Battles
To Be Continued...: Towards the Future of Supervillain Studies
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index