Aquaman and the war against oceans : comics activism and allegory in the Anthropocene

Aquaman and the war against oceans : comics activism and allegory in the Anthropocene /

Ryan Poll argues that the New 52 Aquaman develops the superhero into a figure of ecological justice who charts the environmental apocalypse caused by global capitalism and helps readers connect the violences occurring in the ocean to those occurring on the surface, including sexism and racism.

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Main Author: Poll, Ryan, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln [Nebraska] : University of Nebraska Press, 2022
Series:Encapsulations: critical comics studies
Subjects:
Johns, Geoff, > 1973- > Criticism and interpretation.
Aquaman > (Fictitious character)
Comic books, strips, etc. > History and criticism.
Allegory.
Human ecology in literature.
Sea in literature.
Environmentalism in literature.
allegories (literary works)
Literary criticism.
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