Muslim Superheroes
Muslim Superheroes The roster of Muslim superheroes in the comic book medium has grown over the years, as has the complexity of their depictions. The contributors consider assumptions buried in the…
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Muslim Superheroes
The roster of Muslim superheroes in the comic book medium has grown over the years, as has the complexity of their depictions. The contributors consider assumptions buried in the very notion of a character who is both a superhero and a Muslim with an interdisciplinary and international focus characteristic of both Islamic studies and comics studies scholarship. Muslim Superheroes tracks the initial absence, reluctant inclusion, tokenistic employment, and then nuanced scripting of Islamic protagonists in the American superhero comic book market and beyond.This scholarly anthology investigates the ways in which Muslim superhero characters fulfill, counter, or complicate Western stereotypes and navigate popular audience expectations globally, under the looming threat of Islamophobia.
borders.Providing unprecedented depth to the study of Muslim superheroes, this collection analyzes, through a series of close readings and comparative studies, how Muslim and non-Muslim comics creators and critics have produced, reproduced, and represented different conceptions of Islam and Muslimness embodied in the genre characters. Muslim Superheroes investigates both intranational American racial formation and international American geopolitics, juxtaposed with social developments outside U.S.
Muslim Superheroes
Capitalist Superheroes
Stickyscapes Superheroes
Real Superheroes
Victorian Muslim
Psychology of Superheroes
Muslim Speaks
Muslim Narcissist
Invisible Muslim
Superheroes Are Everywhere
Secret Science of Superheroes
MUSLIM GIRL
Muslim Problem
Muslim, Actually
Superheroes, Orphans and Origins