American Dreams of Mutants: The X‐Men—“Pulp” Fiction, Science Fiction, and Superheroes

X-Men Ethics: Using Comic Books to Teach Business Ethics

“…Well known for its fight against discrimination, the Marvel Universe includes people of various races, national origins, religions, and disabilities. For more information on the tensions among and the discrimination (and tolerance or inclusion of) humans and human-like characters, see Trushell (2004). Issues such as alcoholism and drug abuse have been tackled by comic titles including Iron Man #128 (volume 1; 1979) and Green Arrow.…”

Superheroes on the Couch: Exploring Our Limits

“…The key to appreciating the necessity for psychotherapists in superhero comics is an understanding of how, since their emergence in the 1930′s, superheroes have become more “real.” Early superhero tales, often referred to as those of the “golden age,” drew heavily from the realm of fantasy and mythology. Superman came from another planet, Wonder Woman was an Amazonian goddess, Aquaman could breath under water and Captain America became so only after drinking a “super‐serum.” These golden age heroes were, according to John Trushell, “invulnerable champions” (152) designed to provide children heroes with which to battle the cruel adult world, which at that time was on the verge of social, political and military upheaval. In the spirit of their comic and fictional predecessors who braved the western frontier and traveled to the far reaches of space, these early superheroes were self‐reliant and rugged individualists who rarely if ever doubted themselves, answered to no one and who often rose above the law and prevailing legal and political authority in order to get the job done.…”

Anthropology and Genre: Science Fiction – Communication of Identity

“…Postojanje konflikta, istovremeno, predstavlja konceptualni okvir za izvesno relaciono konstruisanje sopstvenog identiteta u odnosu na Druge, što se u ameri koj nau noj fantastici javlja dosta rano, na primer, kroz po etak formatiranja ideje o mutantima -u stripovima pre svega -a što je protuma eno kao oblikovanje odgovora na istorijski trenutak: superheroji su profilisani u pogledu mo i kojima raspolažu i onoga šta otelotvoruju u društvenom i kulturnom smislu da bi se svojom nadljudsko u suprotstavili monstruoznim, gotovo neljudskim neprijateljima, predstavnicima Sila Osovine (Trushell 2004).…”

“…Prvobitni nau no-fantasti ni, sociokulturno angažovani odgovor na neljudsku identifikaciju neprijatelja, bila je konstrukcija nad-ljudskosti, odnosno fizi ko, mentalno i tehnološko oja avanje ljudskog identiteta Q9 5 @E07). Takav odgovor bio je uzrokovan kulturnom konceptualizacijom neprijatelja, odnosno njegovom dehumanizuju om identifikacijom, kao i kulturnom percepcijom toga, da je na njegove inicijale ratne uspehe potrebno uzvratiti nadljudskim angažovanjem sopstvenih resursa, prakti no (Trushell 2004).…”

“…U nau noj fantastici, tj. u stripovima s takvom tematikom, to se odrazilo kroz promene oso-bina superheroja koji su u injeni "više ljudskim" u odnosu na prethodnu deceniju, na osnovu Kodeksa stripova 7 , dok je u nau no-fantasti nom filmu, na primer, dominantan postao motiv tu;inske intruzije u ljudski (ameri ki) svet (Trushell 2004;Seed 1999;Booker 2001).…”