Comic book crime : truth, justice, and the American way / / Nickie D. Phillips and Staci Strobl.
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Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Alternative criminology series
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Physical Description: | viii, 289 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Holy criminology, Batman! comics and constructions of crime and justice
- "Crime doesn't pay": a brief history of crime and justice themes in comic books
- The world is shifting: terrorism, xenophobia, and comic books after 9/11
- A better tomorrow: apocalypse, utopia, and the crime problem
- Villains: criminal behavior and the embodiment of evil
- Deathworthiness: paths to justice
- "Take down the bad guys, save the girl": gender and sexual orientation in the fight against evil
- "Aren't there any brown people in this world?" reading for race and ethnicity
- Apocalyptic incapacitation: understanding punishment
- Conclusion: Ultimate justice
- Appendix: sample and methodology.