Super black : American pop culture and black superheroes / Adilifu Nama.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nama, Adilifu, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comic books, strips, etc--Social aspects--United States.

Comic books, strips, etc.

African American superheroes.

African Americans in literature.

African Americans in art.

Popular culture--United States.

Popular culture.

Comic books, strips, etc--Social aspects.

United States.

Genre:

Graphic novels.

Physical Description:

180 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2011.

Summary:

Super Black places the appearance of black superheroes alongside broad and sweeping cultural trends in American politics and pop culture, which reveals how black superheroes are not disposable pop products, but rather a fascinating racial phenomenon through which futuristic expressions and fantastic visions of black racial identity and symbolic political meaning are presented. Adilifu Nama sees the value--and finds new avenues for exploring racial identity--in black superheroes who are often dismissed as sidekicks, imitators of established white heroes, or are accused of having no role outside of blaxploitation film contexts. Nama examines seminal black comic book superheroes, some of whom also appear on the screen, as well as how the imaginary black superhero has come to life in the image of President Barack Obama.--Adapted from back cover.

Contents:

Color them black

Birth of the cool

Friends and lovers

Attack of the clones

For reel? : black superheroes come to life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

American Book Awards, Winner, 2012

ISBN:

9780292726543

0292726546

9780292726741

0292726740

9780292735453

0292735456

OCLC:

714734746

Publisher Number:

40019886971