From perpetrator to victim and back again: the supervillain Magneto as a representative of the Holocaust in superhero comics
TitelFrom perpetrator to victim and back again: the supervillain Magneto as a representative of the Holocaust in superhero comics
Forfatter
Call number700.458405318/0001
Objektnummer09103k
UdgivelsesstedHeidelberg, Germany
UdgiverUniversitatsverlag Winter
Udgivelsesår
2010
Pagineringpp179-202
MaterialeArticle
SerieAmerican studies ; v. 189
ISBN9783825357344
NoterArticle from the book 'The Holocaust, art, and taboo : transatlantic exchanges on the ethics and aesthetics of representation' pp179-202
Beskrivelse
The authors reflect on the exceptions to the taboo of Holocaust representations in mainstream superhero comics and analyze one of these exceptions: the 'supervillain' Magneto. These comics approach the topic of the Holocaust in an educational and respectful way
