Mutants, Androids, and Aliens by James A. Tyner - 9781496857385

Mutants, Androids, and AliensOn Being Human in the Marvel Cinematic Universe\nAuthor(s): James A. Tyner\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University Press of Mississippi, United States\nImprint: University Press of Mississippi\nISBN-13: 9781496857385, 978-1496857385\nSynopsis\nIn both literature and film, mutants, androids, and aliens have long functioned as humanitys Othernonhuman bodies serving as surrogates to explore humanitys prejudice, bigotry, and hatred. Scholars working in fields of feminism, ethnic studies, queer studies, and disability studies, among others, have deconstructed representations of the Othered body and the ways these fictional depictions provide insight into the contested terrains of identity, subjectivity, and personhood. In science fiction more broadly and the superhero genre in particular, the fictional Otheroften a superhero or a villainis juxtaposed against the normal human, and such Others have long been the subject of academic investigation.\n\n Author Jam.