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Superheroes and superegos
Sharon Packer
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Praeger/ABC-CLIO
Language
English
Pages
275

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Subjects
Superheroes, Popular culture, Archetype (Psychology), Myth, Psychological aspects

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Superheroes and superegos: analyzing the minds behind the masks
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Table of 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?

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-246) and index.

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Santa Barbara

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
741.5/352
Library of Congress
BL325.H46 P33 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 275 p. ;
Number of pages
275

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24547467M
ISBN 10
0313355363, 0313355371
ISBN 13
9780313355363, 9780313355370
LCCN
2009042453
OCLC/WorldCat
429027455

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