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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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
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.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781496233707
1496233700
9781496233691
1496233697
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central platform, viewed October 6, 2022).

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