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001 2013022099
003 DLC
005 20150108080809.0
008 130611t2013 iluaf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013022099
020 $a9781613747759 (pbk.)
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050 00 $aHN90.C6$bK78 2013
082 00 $a303.3/72$223
084 $aSOC022000$aTRU000000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aKrulos, Tea.
245 10 $aHeroes in the night :$binside the real life superhero movement /$cTea Krulos.
264 1 $aChicago, Illinois :$bChicago Review Press,$c[2013]
264 4 $c©2013
300 $a276 pages, [16] pages of plates :$billustrations (some color) ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 255-263) and index.
520 $a"Tracing the author's journey into the strange subculture of Real Life Superheroes (RLSHs), this book examines citizens who have adopted comic book-style personas and have hit the streets to fight injustice in a variety of ways. Some RLSHs concentrate on humanitarian or activist missions--helping the homeless, gathering donations for food banks, or delivering toys to children--while others actively patrol their neighborhoods looking for crime to fight. By day, these modern Clark Kents work as dishwashers, pencil pushers, and executives in Fortune 500 companies, but by night--they become heroes for the people. Through historic research and extensive interviews, this work shares not only their shining, triumphant moments, but also some of their ill-advised, terrifying disasters"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"HEROES IN THE NIGHT traces journalist Tea Krulos's journey into the strange subculture of Real Life Superheroes, random citizens who have adopted comic book-style personas and hit the streets to fight injustice--helping the homeless, gathering donations for food banks, or patrolling their neighborhoods looking for crime to fight. Through historic research, extensive interviews, and many long hours walking on patrol in Brooklyn and Seattle, San Diego, Minneapolis, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Krulos discovered what being a RLSH is all about. HEROES IN THE NIGHT profiles dozens of RLSHs and shares not only their shining, triumphant moments but some of their ill-advised, terrifying disasters as well"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aCommunity activists$zUnited States.
650 0 $aCrime prevention$zUnited States$xCitizen participation.
650 0 $aSuperheroes$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSocial justice$zUnited States.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aTRUE CRIME / General.$2bisacsh