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Superheroes and Masculinity: Unmasking the Gender Performance of
Heroism explores how heteropatriarchal representations of gender
are portrayed within superhero comics, film, and television. The
contributors examine how hegemonic masculinity has been continually
perpetuated and reinforced within the superhero genre and unpack
concise critiques of specific superhero representations, the
industry, and the fan base at large. However, Superheroes and
Masculinity also argues that possibilities of resistance and change
are embedded within these problematic portrayals. To this end,
several chapters explore alternative portrayals of queerness within
superhero representations and read the hegemonic masculinity of
various characters against the grain to produce queer
possibilities. Ultimately, this collection argues that the quest to
unmask how gender operates within superheroes is a crucial one.
Tertullian of Carthage was the earliest Christian writer to argue
against abortion at length, and the first surviving Latin author to
consider the unborn child in detail. This book is the first
comprehensive analysis of Tertullian's attitude towards the foetus
and embryo. Examining Tertullian's works in light of Roman literary
and social history, Julian Barr proposes that Tertullian's comments
on the unborn should be read as rhetoric ancillary to his primary
arguments. Tertullian's engagement in the art of rhetoric also
explains his tendency towards self-contradiction. He argued that
human existence began at conception in some treatises and not in
others. Tertullian's references to the unborn hence should not be
plucked out of context, lest they be misread. Tertullian borrowed,
modified, and discarded theories of ensoulment according to their
usefulness for individual treatises. So long as a single work was
internally consistent, Tertullian was satisfied. He elaborated upon
previous Christian traditions and selectively borrowed from ancient
embryological theory to prove specific theological and moral
points. Tertullian was more influenced by Roman custom than he
would perhaps have admitted, since the contrast between pagan and
Christian attitudes on abortion was more rhetorical than real.
Superheroes and Masculinity: Unmasking the Gender Performance of
Heroism explores how heteropatriarchal representations of gender
are portrayed within superhero comics, film, and television. The
contributors examine how hegemonic masculinity has been continually
perpetuated and reinforced within the superhero genre and unpack
concise critiques of specific superhero representations, the
industry, and the fan base at large. However, Superheroes and
Masculinity also argues that possibilities of resistance and change
are embedded within these problematic portrayals. To this end,
several chapters explore alternative portrayals of queerness within
superhero representations and read the hegemonic masculinity of
various characters against the grain to produce queer
possibilities. Ultimately, this collection argues that the quest to
unmask how gender operates within superheroes is a crucial one.
Tertullian of Carthage was the earliest Christian writer to argue
against abortion at length, and the first surviving Latin author to
consider the unborn child in detail. This book is the first
comprehensive analysis of Tertullian's attitude towards the foetus
and embryo. Examining Tertullian's works in light of Roman literary
and social history, Julian Barr proposes that Tertullian's comments
on the unborn should be read as rhetoric ancillary to his primary
arguments. Tertullian's engagement in the art of rhetoric also
explains his tendency towards self-contradiction. He argued that
human existence began at conception in some treatises and not in
others. Tertullian's references to the unborn hence should not be
plucked out of context, lest they be misread. Tertullian borrowed,
modified, and discarded theories of ensoulment according to their
usefulness for individual treatises. So long as a single work was
internally consistent, Tertullian was satisfied. He elaborated upon
previous Christian traditions and selectively borrowed from ancient
embryological theory to prove specific theological and moral
points. Tertullian was more influenced by Roman custom than he
would perhaps have admitted, since the contrast between pagan and
Christian attitudes on abortion was more rhetorical than real.
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