What Is a Superhero?

Name: What Is a Superhero?
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ISBN: 9780199795277

ISBN-10: 0199795274

ISBN-13: 9780199795277

Edition: 2013

Authors: Robin S. Rosenberg, Peter Coogan

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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 is the superhero a metaphor? Perhaps most intriguing, what are supervillains and why do we need…

Book details

List price: $27.50
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 7/30/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.29" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Super and Hero: Powers and Mission


Section Introduction



The Hero Defines the Genre, the Genre Defines the Hero




We Could Be Heroes




What Is a Female Superhero?




Straddling a Boundary: The Superhero and the Incorporation of Difference




Save the Day




Context, Culture, and the Problem of Definition


Section Introduction



Superheroes and the Modern(ist) Age




Heroes of the Superculture




Superheroes by Design




The Experience of the Superhero: A Phenomenological Definition




What Is a Superhero? No One Knows-That's What Makes 'em Great




Superheroes Need Supervillains


Section Introduction



Why Supervillains?




Superheroes Need Supervillains




Superheroes Need Superior Villains




The Subjective Politics of the Supervillain




Supervillains Who Need Superheroes (Are the Luckiest Villains in the World)




Sorting Out Villainy: A Typology of Villains and Their Effects on Superheroes




From the Experts: Comic Book Writers Define the Superhero


Section Introduction



More Than Normal, But Believable




Making the World a Better Place




Power and Responsibility … and Other Reflections on Superheroes




Superheroes and Power




The Importance of Context: Robin Hood Is Out and Buffy Is In




Superheroes Are Made




Extraordinary




The Superprotagonist




Superheroes and Supervillains: An Interdependent Relationship



Index