[Commlist] New book: A Cultural History of The Punisher: Marvel Comics and the Politics of Vengeance

Intellect is pleased to share that /A Cultural History of The Punisher: 
Marvel Comics and the Politics of Vengeance 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/a-cultural-history-of-the-punisher>/, 
by Kent Worcester, is out in paperback, hardback and ebook.

/A Cultural History of The Punisher/ is a close reading of one of the 
most murderous characters in popular culture. First introduced in 1974, 
the Punisher has inspired three movies, a Netflix series, and more than 
one thousand comics and graphic novels. His stories have celebrated, 
interrogated, and satirized the politics of vengeance. In this path 
breaking study, Kent Worcester explores the sometimes ridiculous and 
often socially resonate storyverse of the most famous rageaholic in 
popular culture: Frank Castle, aka the Punisher.

“/Kent Worcester has put together a hard-hitting, street-wise, in-depth 
look at the life and times of Frank Castle. His analysis is trenchant 
and fascinating, taking into consideration all the myriad aspects of the 
character and how they have changed over time. This is a rich, important 
study of a character whose violent ethos and iconography are so much a 
part of today's cultural zeitgeist./”
– Andrew J. Friedenthal, writer and arts critic


*_Table of Contents
_*
*List of Figures
Preface
Introduction *

*1.* Trauma Culture
*2.* Trigger Happy, or Grim and Gritty
*3.* The Universe Pushes Back
*4.* Negative Dialectics
*5.* The Narratological Impasse
*6.* From Print to Screen to Icon

*Conclusion: *Those Who Need Hurting
*Appendix
Bibliography
Index *


Please visit our website for more information:
www.intellectbooks.com/a-cultural-history-of-the-punisher 
<http://www.intellectbooks.com/a-cultural-history-of-the-punisher>

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