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Our superheroes, ourselves /

Rosenberg, Robin S

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Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Our superheroes, ourselves // edited by Robin Rosenberg
other author:	Rosenberg, Robin S
Published:	Oxford ;Oxford University Press, : c2013,
Description:	xvi, 214 p. :ill ;19 cm
Subject:	Comic books, strips, etc. - Psychological aspects -
ISBN:	9780199765812

Our superheroes, ourselves /
Our superheroes, ourselves /edited by Robin Rosenberg - Oxford ;Oxford University Press,c2013 - xvi, 214 p. :ill ;19 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Our fascination with superheroes /Robin S. Rosenberg -- Our relationship with superheroes. --

In this thoughtful, engaging, and at times eye-opening volume, the author, a writer and well-known authority on the psychology of superheroes, offers readers a wealth of insight into superheroes, drawing on the contributions of a top group of psychologists and other scholars. The book ranges widely and tackles many intriguing questions. How do comic characters and stories reflect human nature? Do super powers alone make a hero super? Are superhero stories good for us? Most contributors answer that final question in the affirmative. One of the authors, for instance, argues that we all can learn a lot from superheroes, and what we can learn most of all is the value of wisdom and an ethical stance toward life. On the other hand, another author, a scholar of restorative justice decries the fact that justice in the comic-book world is almost entirely punitive, noting extreme examplessuch as "Rorschach" in The Watchmen and the aptly named "The Punisher, who embrace a strict eye-for-an-eye sense of justice, delivered instantly and without mercy. In the end, the appeal of Superman, Batman, Spiderman, and legions of others is simple and elemental. Superheroes provide drama, excitement, suspense, and romance and theirstories showcase moral dilemmas, villains we love to hate,and protagonists who inspire us. Perhaps as important, their stories allow us to recapture periods of our childhood when our imaginations were cranked up to the maximum, when we really believed we could fly, or knock down the bad guy, or save the city from disaster.

ISBN: 9780199765812UK17.49

LCCN: 2012035088Subjects--Topical Terms:

2155659
Comic books, strips, etc.
--Psychological aspects

LC Class. No.: PN6714 / .O89 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 741.5/9

Our superheroes, ourselves /
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505 0 # $g Our relationship with superheroes. -- $t Our fascination with superheroes / $r Robin S. Rosenberg -- $t Superhero comics as moral pornography / $r David A. Pizarro and $r Roy Baumeister -- $t Are superhero stories good for us? : reflections from clinical practice / $r Lawrence C. Rubin -- $t Emotions in comics : why the silver age of comics made a difference / $r Peter J. Jordan -- $t The effects of superhero sagas on our gendered selves / $r Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz and $r Hillary Pennell -- $g The humanity of superheroes -- $t Our superheroes, our supervillains : are they all that different? / $r Travis Langley -- $t Are superheroes just supergifted? / $r Robin S. Rosenberg and $r Ellen Winner -- $t The very real work lives of superheroes : illustrations of work psychology / $r Gary N. Burns and $r Megan B. Morris -- $t How super are superheroes? / $r Robert J. Sternberg -- $t Seven roads to justice for superheroes and humans / $r Mikhail Lyubansky.
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