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Mutants & mystics : science fiction, superhero comics, and the paranormal
Title
Mutants & mystics : science fiction, superhero comics, and the paranormal / Jeffrey J. Kripal.
ISBN
9780226453835 (cloth : alkaline paper)
0226453839 (cloth : alkaline paper)
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Physical Description
xvii, 370 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Variant and related titles
Mutants and mystics
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 06, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Orientation: from India to the planet Mars
Alienation: Superman is a crashed alien
Radiation: metaphysical energies and super sexualities
Mutation: X-men before their time
Realization: reading the paranormal writing us
Authorization: writing the paranormal writing us
The third kind: the visitor corpus of Whitley Strieber
Toward a soul-sized story.
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