Superheroes and Critical Animal Studies

The Heroic Beasts of Total Liberation

AvJ.L. Schatz,Sean Parson

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-12-20
Mått:159 x 236 x 19 mm
Vikt:435 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Animal Studies and Theory
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Medarbetare:Stanescu,Vas
ISBN:9781498549264

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

J. L. Schatz is lecturer and director of the Speech and Debate Team at Binghamton University.Sean Parson is assistant professor in the department of Politics and International Affairs and the MA program in sustainable communities at Northern Arizona University.

Recensioner i media

What Superheroes and Critical Animal Studies: The Heroic Beasts of Total Liberation does for superhero studies and critical animal studies is absolutely monumental. The book brilliantly brings the untapped world of nonhumans in comics to the forefront of our cultural imaginations. There is no doubt that such a strategy will inspire droves of new scholars and activists to join in our quest for total liberation.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword, Vas StanescuIntroduction, JL Schatz and Sean ParsonPart I1. Critical Animal Studies and Comics in the Classroom: Liberation and Everyday Superheroes, John Lupinacci2. Ecological Pessimism and The Puma Blues, Kent Worcester3. ‘We Are All Scream!’ Woodgod and the ‘Animal Superhero,’ José Alaniz4. Making Superheroes of Children: The (Mis)Use of Nonhumans in Inspiring Childhood Development, JL SchatzPart II5. Dilemmas of Animal Rights in the Animal Man Comic Book Series, Márcio dos Santos Rodrigues and Matheus da Cruz e Zica6. We3 and the Violence of Sentimentality, Allison Dushane7. White God: Rethinking Human and Nonhuman Subjectivities through Underdog-Superhero Narratives and Ahuman Theory, Chantelle Gray van HeerdenPart III8 Bruteness: Gender, Race, and Animality in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Jeffrey Pannekoek and Karin Anderson9. Cyborgs, Companion Species, and the General Will: The Deeply Constitutive Relationship Between Bats and Batman, Matt Evans10. Ain’t No Thing Like Me, Except Me: Rocket Raccoon, Cyborg Queerness, and Toxic-Masculinity, Sean Parson