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What is a Superhero?
Robin S. . Ed(S): Rosenberg
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Description for What is a Superhero?
Editor(s): Rosenberg, Robin S. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
What is a superhero? Everyone knows, right? And yet everyone seems to have a different answer. If asked, most people will say that a superhero is a fictional character with "superhuman" abilities or powers -- and one who uses those abilities for the common good. Some might add that superheroes wear costumes. But this is only part of the story. In this innovative collection of essays, renowned psychologist Robin Rosenberg and comics scholar Peter Coogan explore the question "What is a superhero?" from a variety of viewpoints. What is the role of power and superpower? Heroism? The environment? How ... Read more
What is a superhero? Everyone knows, right? And yet everyone seems to have a different answer. If asked, most people will say that a superhero is a fictional character with "superhuman" abilities or powers -- and one who uses those abilities for the common good. Some might add that superheroes wear costumes. But this is only part of the story. In this innovative collection of essays, renowned psychologist Robin Rosenberg and comics scholar Peter Coogan explore the question "What is a superhero?" from a variety of viewpoints. What is the role of power and superpower? Heroism? The environment? How ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199795277
SKU
V9780199795277
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About Robin S. . Ed(S): Rosenberg
Robin S. Rosenberg is a clinical psychologist. In addition to running a private practice, she writes about superheroes and the psychological phenomena their stories reveal. She is editor of Psychology of Superheroes and Our Superheroes, Ourselves. Peter Coogan is director of the Institute for Comics Studies, co-founder and co-chair of the Comics Arts Conference, and an instructor at Washington ... Read more
Reviews for What is a Superhero?
This collection is a helpful glimpse into the current opinions on the nature and meaning of the superhero among scholars and creators.
Anthony R. Mills, Independent Scholar, Journal of American Culture, June 2015
Anthony R. Mills, Independent Scholar, Journal of American Culture, June 2015