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Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes
by
Adilifu Nama
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 presen...more
Paperback, 180 pages
Published
October 1st 2011
by University of Texas Press
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Three and a half, really. . . (I wish there was an option for just turning off star ratings).
This book has a lot of promise. Nama's introduction demonstrates familiarity with a lot of the recent critical attention to comic books and addresses their lack of time spent on racial representation in superhero comics and Black superheroes more specifically. He also makes sure to mention Bradford Wright's dismissive attitude towards a cultural studies/post-structuralist approach to comics in explaining...more
This book has a lot of promise. Nama's introduction demonstrates familiarity with a lot of the recent critical attention to comic books and addresses their lack of time spent on racial representation in superhero comics and Black superheroes more specifically. He also makes sure to mention Bradford Wright's dismissive attitude towards a cultural studies/post-structuralist approach to comics in explaining...more
This is an analysis of African American superheroes in pop culture. I enjoyed it but found myself wanting more. Nama digs into folklore like John Henry, but misses Stagger Lee, different tricker stories (both African American and Native American), that seemed appropriate for the subject.
Definitely an interesting read. I found some titles I need to put on my reading list. Marvel & DC could really use some new prominent & wholly original black characters. The possibilities are endless if they are willing to take up the challenge.
It is an excellent quick read and starter book on the topic. The ideas it shines a light on will spark some interesting conversations about a topic that is normally overlooked.
An interesting and well-written account of the Black Superhero from
Marvel's Black Panther (1966) to Barack Obama (2008).
Marvel's Black Panther (1966) to Barack Obama (2008).
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