{"product_id":"superheroes-and-excess","title":"Superheroes and Excess","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinding the superhero genre in need of further investigation from philosophical standpoints that value excess as a creative drive, rather than denigrate it as a problem to be resolved, this book opens up discussions that highlight different approaches to ‘the creative excess of being’ as expressed through the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile superheroes are an everyday, culturally dominant phenomena, philosophical methods and investigations have a reputation for lofty superiority. Across 13 chapters, this book facilitates a collision between the superhero genre and the discipline of philosophy, resulting in a voyage of exploration where each illuminates the other. The contributions in this book range from new voices to recognized scholars, offering superhero studies a set of critical interventions that are unusual, conceptually diverse, theoretically grounded and varied in practice. These chapters consider ‘excessive’ traits of superheroes against schools of thought that have attempted to conceptualize and understand excess by analysing texts and figures across a variety of mediums, such as \u003cem\u003eThe Fantastic Four\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCaptain America\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Vision\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLogan\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSuper Hero Girls\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its unique approach to the superhero genre, this book will be an invaluable read for students and scholars working on comic studies, transmedia studies, cultural studies, popular culture and superhero studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248097546584,"sku":"9781032065267","price":51.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032065267.jpg?v=1777810551","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/superheroes-and-excess","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}