TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rosenberg, Robin S.
AU  - Coogan, Peter
TI  - What is a Superhero?
SN  - 9780199795277
U1  - 741.5​9 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Social Psychology
N1  - Part I. Super and Hero: Powers and Mission
1. The Hero Defines the Genre; the Genre Defines the Hero
2. We Could Be Heroes
3. What is a Female Superhero?
4. Straddling a Boundary: The Superhero and the Incorporation of Difference
5. Save the Day
A. David Lewis

Part II. Context, Culture, and the Problem of Definition
6. Superheroes and the Modern (ist) Age
7. Heroes of the Superculture
8. Superhero by Design
9. The Experience of the Superhero: A Phenomenological Definition
10. What is a Superhero? No One Knows: That's What Makes 'em Great.

Part III. Villains
11. Why Supervillains?
12. Superheroes Need Supervillains
13. Superheroes Need Superior Villains
14. Super and Villain: A bad guy with superpowers
15. Why the Villain Needs the Hero
16. Sorting Out Villainy: A Typology of Villains and Their Effects on Superheroes

Part IV. Professionals Speak
17. More Than Normal, But Believable
18. Making The World A Better Place
19. Nobility of Purpose
20. Superheroes and Power
21. The Importance of Context: Robin Hood Is Out and Buffy Is In
22. Superheroes Are Made
23. Extraordinary
24. The Super protagonist
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