Keeping It Unreal: Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics
Darieck Scott, "Keeping It Unreal: Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics "
English | ISBN: 1479840130 | 2022 | 288 pages | PDF | 40 MB
English | ISBN: 1479840130 | 2022 | 288 pages | PDF | 40 MB
Explores Black representation in fantasy genres and comic books
Characters like Black Panther, Storm, Luke Cage, Miles Morales, and Black Lightning are part of a growing cohort of black superheroes on TV and in film. Though comic books are often derided as naïve and childish, these larger-than-life superheroes demonstrate how this genre can serve as the catalyst for engaging the Black radical imagination.
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