Uncanny bodies superhero comics and disability

"Superhero comics reckon with issues of corporeal control. And while they commonly deal in characters of exceptional or superhuman ability, they have also shown an increasing attention and sensitivity to diverse forms of disability, both physical and cognitive. The essays in this collection rev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Smith, Scott Thompson (-), Alaniz, José
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press [2019]
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Mechanical Boys": Omega the Unknown on the Spectrum / José Alaniz
  • Sane Superheroes: Mental Distress in the Gutters of Moon Knight / Charlie Christie
  • Echo: The Silence Between the Notes / Sarah Bowden
  • Mistress of Cyberspace: Oracle, Disability, and the Cyborg / Marit Hanson
  • More than a Retcon Replacement: Disability, Blackness, and Sexuality in the Origin of Operator / Lauren O'Connor
  • "Okay . . . This Looks Bad": Disability, Masculinity, and Ambivalence in Matt Fraction and David Aja's Hawkeye / Daniel Pinti
  • The deaf Issue: Hawkeye #19 and Deaf Accessibility in the Comics Medium / Naja Later
  • That Hawkguy: Deaf and Disability Gain in Matt Fraction and David Aja's Hawkeye / Sarah Gibbons
  • Dialectical Identity: Silver Scorpion as Disabled/Superhero / Deleasa Randall-Griffiths and Daniel J. O'Rourke
  • "Of Course, I Am a Hero": Disability as Posthuman Ideal in Cece Bell's El Deafo / Lauranne Poharec
  • Unraveling the Supercrip: Superheroes as Subversion, a Personal Essay in Comic Form / Andrew Godfrey-Meers
  • Fearsome Possibilities: An Afterword / Charles Hatfield.