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The new mutants : superheroes and the radical imagination of American comics
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Title
The new mutants : superheroes and the radical imagination of American comics / Ramzi Fawaz.
ISBN
9781479814336
1479814334
9781479823086
1479823082
Publication
New York : New York University Press, [2016]
Physical Description
xvii, 316 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Summary
"In The New Mutants, Ramzi Fawaz draws upon queer theory to tell the story of these monstrous fantasy figures and how they grapple with radical politics from Civil Rights and The New Left to Women's and Gay Liberation Movements. Through a series of comic book case studies -- including The Justice League of America, The Fantastic Four, The X-Men, and The New Mutants --alongside late 20th century fan writing, cultural criticism, and political documents, Fawaz reveals how the American superhero modeled new forms of social belonging that counterculture youth would embrace in the 1960s and after. The New Mutants provides the first full-length study to consider the relationship between comic book fantasy and radical politics in the modern United States,"--Amazon.com.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 18, 2016
Series
Postmillennial pop
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Family of Superman: The Superhero Team and the Promise of Universal Citizenship
"Flame On!" Nuclear Families, Unstable Molecules, and the Queer History of The Fantastic Four
Comic Book Cosmopolitics: The Fantastic Four's Counterpublic as a World-Making Project
"Where No X-Man Has Gone Before!" Mutant Superheroes and the Cultural Politics of the Comic Book Space Opera
Heroes "That Give a Damn!" Urban Folktales and the Triumph of the Working-Class Hero
Consumed by Hellfire: Demonic Possession and the Limits of the Superhuman in the 1980s
Lost in the Badlands: Radical Imagination and the Enchantments of Mutant Solidarity in The New Mutants.
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