The Unauthorized X-Men : SF And Comic Writers on Mutants, Prejudice, And Adamantium.
Title:
The Unauthorized X-Men : SF And Comic Writers on Mutants, Prejudice, And Adamantium.
Author:
Wein, Len.
ISBN:
9781935251477
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (225 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- It's Just Mutants -- Writing the X-Men -- Playing God and Discovering My Own Mutanity -- X-ing the Rubicon -- Cable's Grandfather -- A Plea for More Mystery -- Infinite Mutation, Eternal Stasis -- Heroes and Villains -- "The Best There Is...Isn't Very Nice" -- Pryde and Joy -- Magneto Attracts -- Magneto the Jew -- The X-Men And Our World -- Parallel Evolution -- From X to Ex -- Lee, Kirby and Ovid's X-Metamorphoses -- Growing Up Mutant -- New Mutant Message from the Underaged -- Why I Didn't Grow Up to Be Marvel Girl -- Leading by Example -- Dear Magneto -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
Comic writers trace the X-Men series' evolution, challenge its metaphors, and draw from its truths about human nature and human society in this exploratory look at the still-timely and often-revamped classic. With chapters such as Magneto the Jew, The New Mutants and the Corruption of the Teenager, and The Sexuality of X-Men, the contributors highlight the strange ties between the characters and current society. From mutant subcultures in the real world to the reality of racism and heterosexism not so different from that of the world of the X-Men, this book takes on the intersection between fiction and truth in a manner perfect for long-time comic readers, cartoon fans, and Johnny-come-lately moviegoers.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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