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Evans, Woody. "Why they won’t save us: Political dispositions in the conflicts of superheroes." Transformative Works and Cultures 17 2014. Accessed 8Oct. 2014. <http://journal.transfor ... hp/twc/article/view/533>. Added by: joachim (10/8/14, 8:27 PM) Last edited by: joachim (10/8/14, 9:26 PM) |
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| Resource type: Web Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed DOI: 10.3983/twc.2014.0533 BibTeX citation key: Evans2014 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Politics, Superhero, Utopia Creators: Evans Collection: Transformative Works and Cultures |
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| Attachments | URLs http://journal.tra ... c/article/view/533 |
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Comic book superheroes tend to be conservative and their opponents progressive. Here I explore the reasons for heroic conservatism, review recent disruptions to the trend, and consider what superhuman politics can tell us about our own transhuman and science fictional conditions.
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