Recovering the radical promise of superheroes : : un /making worlds / / Ellen Kirkpatrick.
Superhero meaning making is a site of struggle. Superheroes (are thought to) trouble borders and normative ways of seeing and being in the world. Superhero narratives (are thought to) represent, and thereby inspire, alternative visions of the real world. The superhero genre is (thought to be) a repo...
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