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The Cancer Plot: Terminal Immortality in Marvel’s Moral Universe

Autor Reginald Wiebe, Dorothy Woodman
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 noi 2023

Structura volumului The Cancer Plot este riguros organizată pentru a servi atât cercetării academice, cât și criticii literare aplicate, fiind prima lucrare monografică ce analizează cancerul ca element perturbator în universul Marvel. Autorii Reginald Wiebe și Dorothy Woodman își fundamentează metodologia la intersecția dintre medicina grafică, studiile de gen și teoria dizabilității. Materialul este sistematizat în două secțiuni majore: o primă parte teoretică ce explorează limitele corporalității și nemuririi, urmată de o secțiune aplicată pe patru figuri iconice, oferind o progresie logică de la concept la analiza narativă specifică. Apreciem în mod deosebit modul în care autorii folosesc cazurile Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Thor și Deadpool pentru a demonstra cum boala reconfigurează conceptele de putere și responsabilitate morală. În timp ce Death, Disability, and the Superhero de José Alaniz oferă o privire de ansamblu asupra dizabilității în genul superhero, The Cancer Plot reprezintă o alternativă specializată pentru cursurile de studii culturale sau etică medicală, cu avantajul unei focalizări stricte pe patologia oncologică ca „nemesis final” într-o lume a magiei. Remarcăm utilitatea anexelor care inventariază personajele afectate de această boală, transformând volumul într-un instrument de referință pentru viitoarele cercetări în domeniul umanioarelor medicale. Lucrarea publicată de University of Alberta Press reușește să demonstreze că benzile desenate „depun o muncă serioasă” în procesarea traumelor umane reale, dincolo de spectacolul luptelor intergalactice.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781772127119
ISBN-10: 1772127116
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Editura: University of Alberta Press
Colecția University of Alberta Press
Locul publicării:Edmonton, Canada

De ce să citești această carte

Această lucrare este esențială pentru cercetătorii din domeniul studiilor culturale și al eticii medicale, oferind o analiză critică a modului în care ficțiunea grafică reflectă mortalitatea. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere profundă a intersecției dintre vulnerabilitatea biologică și arhetipul eroului. Este o recomandare obligatorie pentru cei care doresc să exploreze cum universul Marvel abordează teme umane fundamentale, precum limita supraviețuirii și etica vindecării, dincolo de clișeele genului.


Descriere

In The Cancer Plot, Reginald Wiebe and Dorothy Woodman examine the striking presence of cancer in Marvel comics. Engaging comics studies, medical humanities, and graphic medicine, they explore this disease in four case studies: Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Thor, and Deadpool. Cancer, the authors argue, troubles the binaries of good and evil because it is the ultimate nemesis within a genre replete with magic, mutants, and multiverses. They draw from gender theory, disability studies, and cultural theory to demonstrate how cancer in comics enables an examination of power and responsibility, key terms in Marvel’s superhero universe. As the only full-length study on cancer in the Marvel universe, The Cancer Plot is an appealing and original work that will be of interest to scholars across the humanities, particularly those working in the health humanities, cultural theory, and literature, as well as avid comics readers.

Recenzii

“Wiebe and Woodman take on a fascinating subject: the representation and significance of cancer in Marvel comics. They explore the paradox of cancer: how in a fantasy setting of extraordinary diversity and ‘miraculous’ feats, it alone remains immune from all cures -- a sort of zero-degree realism which vouchsafes the genre’s connection to the real world.” José Alaniz, University of Washington, author of Death, Disability, and the Superhero: The Silver Age and Beyond
“The Cancer Plot gives an incisive and engaging analysis of the prevalence of cancer in Marvel comics with specific attention to how the representation of disease in these works enables an examination of power as it relates to citizenship and civic duty. This is a timely study that will enrich readers' understanding of the complexities of storytelling in this genre.” Kelly McGuire, Trent University
"Through those case studies and others—as well as their broader observations about the Marvel universe and the superhero genre—Wiebe and Woodman give readers much to contemplate.... They explore the social meaning of health and sickness both in the stories themselves and the world at large, revealing that behind the masks and alter egos, many of Marvel’s characters can tell us a lot about ourselves. The result should convince more than a few readers that we should leave plenty of room for superhumans in the medical humanities." Matt Peters, Graphic Medicine, November 16, 2023 [Full article at https://www.graphicmedicine.org/comic-reviews/the-cancer-plot-terminal-immortality-in-marvels-moral-universe]
"The book shows how superheroes grapple with the loss of invincibility, allowing readers to do the same." Alberta Views magazine, October 2024.
"They contend that these comics 'do serious work' and, justifiably, intend this book as a foundation for further study. Thorough appendixes listing other cancer stories in both Marvel and DC comics will be useful resources for future work. Recommended. General readers through faculty." W. L. Svitavsky, Rollins College, CHOICE Magazine, September 2024 Vol. 62 No. 1.

Cuprins

  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: But I Don’t Want to Cure Cancer
  • I Bodies, Cancer, and Death
  • Editor’s Note
  • 1 | Death and Cancer: Immortality and the Problem of Limits
  • 2 | Living with Cancer: Medical Narratives and Superheroes
  • II Cancer, Power, and Responsibility: Exploring Four Superhero Stories
  • Editor’s Note / The Death of Captain Marvel
  • 3 | This Whole Business of Death: Cancer and Captain Marvel
  • Editor’s Note / Ultimate Spider-Man
  • 4 | Cure as Poison: Cancer and Spider-Man’s Moral Battle
  • Editor’s Note / The Mighty Thor
  • 5 | Cancer as Fatal Opportunity: Thor and the Question of Worthiness
  • Editor’s Note / The Despicable Deadpool
  • 6 | “Welcome to the Freak Show!”: Deadpool and Perpetual Remission
  • Conclusion: The End That Is Not the End
  • Appendix 1
  • Marvel Characters
  • 1.1 Marvel characters who have had cancer but did not die of it
  • 1.2 Marvel characters who have had cancer and died of it
  • 1.3 Marvel characters who have had cancer and died attempting to cure it or destroy their enemies before succumbing to it
  • 1.4 Marvel cancer deaths by decade
  • Appendix 2
  • DC Characters
  • 2.1 DC characters who have had cancer
  • 2.2 DC characters with an unnamed terminal condition
  • 2.3 DC cancer and terminal condition by decade
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index