Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us about Ourselves and Our Society Audiobook by Danny Fingeroth

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ID: 627171
Title: Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us about Ourselves and Our Society
Author: Danny Fingeroth
Narrator: Danny Fingeroth
Format: Unabridged
Length: 05:51:45
Language: English
Release date: 06-28-22
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Graphic Novels

Summary:
Why are so many of the superhero myths tied up with loss, often violent, of parents or parental figures? What is the significance of the dual identity? What makes some superhuman figures good and others evil? Why are so many of the prime superheroes white and male? How has the superhero evolved over the course of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries? And how might the myths be changing?
Why is it that the key superhero archetypesSuperman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, the X-Mentouch primal needs and experiences in everyone? Why has the superhero moved beyond the pages of comics into other media?
All these topics, and more, are covered in this lively and original exploration of the reasons why the superheroin comic books, films, and TVis such a potent myth for our times and culture.

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