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Our superheroes, ourselves / edited by Robin Rosenberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comic books, strips, etc--Psychological aspects.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Superheroes--Psychological aspects.
- Superheroes.
- Psychology in literature.
- Archetype (Psychology).
- Psychological aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 214 pages ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
- Contents:
- Pt. 1. Our relationships with superheroes. Our fascination with superheroes / Robin S. Rosenberg
- Superhero comics as moral pornography / David A. Pizarro and Roy Baumeister
- Are superhero stories good for us? : reflections from clinical practice / Lawrence C. Rubin
- Emotions in comics : why the silver age of comics made a difference / Peter J. Jordan
- The effects of superhero sagas on our gendered selves / Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz and Hillary Pennell
- Pt. 2. The humanity of superheroes. Our superheroes, our supervillains : are they all that different? / Travis Langley
- Are superheroes just supergifted? / Robin S. Rosenberg and Ellen Winner
- The very real work lives of superheroes : illustrations of work psychology / Gary N. Burns and Megan B. Morris
- How super are superheroes? / Robert J. Sternberg
- Seven roads to justice for superheroes and humans / Mikhail Lyubansky.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199765812
- 0199765812
- OCLC:
- 808810921
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