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From perpetrator to victim and back again: the supervillain Magneto as a representative of the Holocaust in superhero comics
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]From perpetrator to victim and back again: the supervillain Magneto as a representative of the Holocaust in superhero comics
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number700.458405318/0001
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]09103k
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Heidelberg, Germany
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Universitatsverlag Winter
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2010
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp179-202
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]Series title[nb-NO]American studies ; v. 189
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]9783825357344
NotesArticle from the book 'The Holocaust, art, and taboo : transatlantic exchanges on the ethics and aesthetics of representation' pp179-202
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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
