Superheroes and Critical Animal Studies - The Heroic Beasts of Total Liberation (Hardcover)

Superheroes and Critical Animal Studies explores and puts into dialogue two growing field of studies, comic studies and critical animal studies. The book's aim is to create a form of praxis that people can use to actualize many of the values superheroes strive to protect. To this end, contributor chapters are divided into sections on the foundation of superhero representation and how to teach it, criticisms of particular superheroes and how they fall short of truly protecting the planet, and interpretations of specific characters that can be read to produce a positive orientation to the nonhuman world and craft strategies to promote liberation in the real world. Altogether, the book produces a form of scholarship on the media that is both intersectional in scope and tailored to have an impact on the reader beyond theorizing superheroes for theorization's sake.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Critical Animal Studies and Theory
Release date:	December 2017
Editors:	J.L. Schatz • Sean Parson
Foreword by:	Vas Stanescu
Contributors:	Jose Alaniz • Karin Anderson • Matheus Da Cruz E Zica • Allison Dushane • Matt Evans • Chantelle Gray Van Heerden • John Lupinacci
Dimensions:	236 x 158 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-4926-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture
LSN:	1-4985-4926-8
Barcode:	9781498549264

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