Identity and Disguise in Fact and Fiction
by
Barbara Brownie, Danny M Graydon
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Costume defines the superhero, disguising and distinguishing him or her from the civilian alter ego. The often garish garb expresses a hero's otherness and empowers its wearers to seek a primal form of justice.
This book provides the first interdisciplinary analysis of the superhero costume...