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[Commlist] Australasian Journal of Popular Culture 12.1 published (Special Issue: ‘Superheroes’)

Fri Aug 04 10:44:23 GMT 2023






Intellect is pleased to announce that Australasian Journal of Popular Culture 12.1 is out now!


Special Issue: ‘Superheroes’


This Special Issue re-examines the part played by superheroes in contemporary narratives within popular culture. In so doing, it explores how these iconic figures reflect identities and meaning in social, cultural, political and historical contexts.


For more information about the journal and issue click here>>

https://www.intellectbooks.com/the-australasian-journal-of-popular-culture <https://www.intellectbooks.com/the-australasian-journal-of-popular-culture>


Aims & Scope


The Australasian Journal of Popular Cultureis a double-blind peer-reviewed journal devoted to the scholarly understanding of everyday cultures. It is concerned with the study of the social and cultural meanings that are produced and circulated through everyday media and practices as products of consumption. It explores popular narratives and iconographies as intellectual objects of inquiry, and as integral components of the dynamic forces that shape societies and identities. The journal publishes articles that focus on Australasian examples, as well as broader critical and comparative topics viewed through a global lens.


This title is indexed with Scopus.


Issue 12.1


Editorial


Re-examining superhero politics in popular culture <https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ajpc_00064_2>

CARL WILSON AND LORNA PIATTI-FARNELL


Articles


‘You’re a refugee, are you not?’ ‘Extraordinary bodies’, monstrous outsiders and US refugee <https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ajpc_00065_1> policies in superhero comics <https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ajpc_00065_1>

TINA POWELL


Superheroes and Nazis: Re-examining the legacy of the Second World War in Eric Kripke’s The Boys <https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ajpc_00066_1>

ABIGAIL WHITTALL


Storying species extinction in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame <https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ajpc_00067_1>

SOPHIE DUNGAN


‘You don’t feel anything?’ The Cold War, family affect and reproductive politics in Black Widow <https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ajpc_00068_1>

JENA DIMAGGIO


Paternalism, performative masculinity and the post-9/11 cowboy in Christopher Nolan’s <https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ajpc_00069_1> Dark Knight trilogy <https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ajpc_00069_1>

CATHRINE AVERY


‘We prefer protégé’: The temporal function of sidekicks in Young Justice and Titans <https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ajpc_00070_1>

RUSTY HATCHELL


Book Review


Using Superheroes and Villains in Counseling and Play Therapy: A Guide for Mental Health <https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ajpc_00071_5> Professionals, Lawrence C. Rubin (ed.) (2020) <https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ajpc_00071_5>

RUTH BARRATT-PEACOCK

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