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Superheroes and superegos : analyzing the minds behind the masks
- Title
- Superheroes and superegos : analyzing the minds behind the masks / Sharon Packer.
- Author
- Packer, Sharon.
- Publication
- Santa Barbara : Praeger, c2010.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 10-1734 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 275 p.; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : superheroes and superegos -- How it happened : comic book characters become blockbuster cinema superstars -- The spandex stretch : between the supernatural and the soap opera -- Ancient myths and modern minds : 1909-2009 -- "With a strong hand and an outstretched arm" : Old Testament traditions -- Myths of metamorphosis : "be all you can be--but much more" -- The secret self : the shadow self, the split self (and the steroid self) -- Family feuds and family romances : "it's a family affair" -- Sex and superheroes : sublimated and subversive -- "What do women want?" -- Sickness strikes : "just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that they're not out to get you" -- The wounded warrior : post-traumatic strength disorder -- Conclusion : self-help story, political polemic, or flight into fantasy?
- Call Number
- JFE 10-1734
- ISBN
- 9780313355363 (hc. : alk. paper)
- 0313355363 (hc. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009042453
- OCLC
- YBP 2009042453
- Author
- Packer, Sharon.
- Title
- Superheroes and superegos : analyzing the minds behind the masks / Sharon Packer.
- Imprint
- Santa Barbara : Praeger, c2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 10-1734