What is a Superhero? How Myth Can be a Metacode

The essay argues that Marvel's Civil War is an interesting narrative concerning the superhero metacode at work. After a brief overview of the crossover event, its allegorical qualities will be discussed followed by a supplemental reading focusing on how superheroes, as agents of pretend play, c...

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Main Author: MacKendrick, Kenneth G. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2015]
In: Bulletin for the study of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-25
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B The Civil War (Television program) / Superhero
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