[ecrea] New book: Superhero costumes

Danny Graydon and myself recently co-authored a book entitled ‘The
Superhero Costume: Identity and Disguise in Fact and Fiction’. It covers
superhero costumes in film & comics, as worn by real-life superheroes,
cosplayers, and activist groups (e.g. Pussy riot, Fathers for Justice).
The main section of the book heavily features Barman, Superman, and
Spider Man, and our case studies are Iron Man, Watchmen and The X-Men.
Issues include authenticity, self-objectification, ‘performing
ordinariness and otherness’, hypermasculinity, deindividuation and
disinhibition.

The book is out now, published by Bloomsbury (paperback, hardback and
e-book): http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-superhero-costume-9781472595904/

We also have a free chapter available to read online here:
http://bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/Widget_Marketing.aspx?ID=DCMKTG&ISBN=9781472595935&sts=r

Kind regards
Barbara
—
Dr Barbara Brownie
Senior Lecturer (Visual Communication)
School of Creative Arts
University of Hertfordshire

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