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This title marks a major contribution to the emerging field of comic studies and the growing literature on superheroes. Using a range of critical theorists, the book examines superheroes as sovereigns, addressing amongst other things the complex treatment of law and violence, legitimacy, and authori...
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| Summary: | This title marks a major contribution to the emerging field of comic studies and the growing literature on superheroes. Using a range of critical theorists, the book examines superheroes as sovereigns, addressing amongst other things the complex treatment of law and violence, legitimacy, and authority. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| spelling | Curtis, Neal, author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjrFtvTHcQ8CJV79PqRjbq http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001085005 Sovereignty and superheroes / Neal Curtis. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 23, 2015). Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: sovereignty and superheroes; Notes; 1 Legitimacy and the Good; The Platonic form of the superhero; The Good and social change; A never-ending struggle; Notes; 2 Defending freedom; The nationalist superhero; Captain America's promise; Captain America's patriotism; National recuperation; Notes; 3 Law and violence; Law and the mark of community; The Law's violent shadow; The beast and the sovereign; Bruce Wayne's pathos; Notes; 4 Friend and enemy; Maintaining the distinction. Deconstructing the distinction: autoimmunityDeconstructing the distinction: poison and cure; Reinstating the distinction; Notes; 5 Emergency and bare life; State of emergency/state of exception; The superhero's anomie; Anomie and the American monomyth; Anomie and the sovereign ban; Notes; 6 Symbolic authority and kinship; Another law; Totemism; Couplings and collectives; Notes; 7 Sovereignty at the limit; The contradiction of sovereignty; Limits and limitlessness; Meaningful worlds; The sovereign imagination; Notes; Postscript; Bibliography; Index. This title marks a major contribution to the emerging field of comic studies and the growing literature on superheroes. Using a range of critical theorists, the book examines superheroes as sovereigns, addressing amongst other things the complex treatment of law and violence, legitimacy, and authority. Sovereignty. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125696 Superheroes. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007009593 Souveraineté. Superhéros. sovereignty. aat POLITICAL SCIENCE American Government General. bisacsh Sovereignty fast Superheroes fast Comics. Emergency. Law. Power. Sovereignty. Superheroes. Violence. has work: Sovereignty and superheroes (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGtkFJj9tMTr6VFc7wMRjy https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Curtis, Neal. Sovereignty and superheroes. Cary : Manchester University Press, ©2015 9780719085048 |
| spellingShingle | Curtis, Neal Sovereignty and superheroes / Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: sovereignty and superheroes; Notes; 1 Legitimacy and the Good; The Platonic form of the superhero; The Good and social change; A never-ending struggle; Notes; 2 Defending freedom; The nationalist superhero; Captain America's promise; Captain America's patriotism; National recuperation; Notes; 3 Law and violence; Law and the mark of community; The Law's violent shadow; The beast and the sovereign; Bruce Wayne's pathos; Notes; 4 Friend and enemy; Maintaining the distinction. Deconstructing the distinction: autoimmunityDeconstructing the distinction: poison and cure; Reinstating the distinction; Notes; 5 Emergency and bare life; State of emergency/state of exception; The superhero's anomie; Anomie and the American monomyth; Anomie and the sovereign ban; Notes; 6 Symbolic authority and kinship; Another law; Totemism; Couplings and collectives; Notes; 7 Sovereignty at the limit; The contradiction of sovereignty; Limits and limitlessness; Meaningful worlds; The sovereign imagination; Notes; Postscript; Bibliography; Index. Sovereignty. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125696 Superheroes. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007009593 Souveraineté. Superhéros. sovereignty. aat POLITICAL SCIENCE American Government General. bisacsh Sovereignty fast Superheroes fast |
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| title | Sovereignty and superheroes / |
| title_auth | Sovereignty and superheroes / |
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| title_full | Sovereignty and superheroes / Neal Curtis. |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Sovereignty and superheroes / Neal Curtis. |
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| topic | Sovereignty. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125696 Superheroes. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007009593 Souveraineté. Superhéros. sovereignty. aat POLITICAL SCIENCE American Government General. bisacsh Sovereignty fast Superheroes fast |
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