Winner, American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation, 2012 Super
Black places the appearance of black superheroes alongside broad
and sweeping cultural trends in American politics and pop culture,
which reveals how black superheroes are not disposable pop
products, but rather a fascinating racial phenomenon through which
futuristic expressions and fantastic visions of black racial
identity and symbolic political meaning are presented. Adilifu Nama
sees the value-and finds new avenues for exploring racial
identity-in black superheroes who are often dismissed as sidekicks,
imitators of established white heroes, or are accused of having no
role outside of blaxploitation film contexts. Nama examines seminal
black comic book superheroes such as Black Panther, Black
Lightning, Storm, Luke Cage, Blade, the Falcon, Nubia, and others,
some of whom also appear on the small and large screens, as well as
how the imaginary black superhero has come to life in the image of
President Barack Obama. Super Black explores how black superheroes
are a powerful source of racial meaning, narrative, and imagination
in American society that express a myriad of racial assumptions,
political perspectives, and fantastic (re)imaginings of black
identity. The book also demonstrates how these figures overtly
represent or implicitly signify social discourse and accepted
wisdom concerning notions of racial reciprocity, equality,
forgiveness, and ultimately, racial justice.
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