Humans and Paragons: Essays on Super-Hero Justice

by Daniel N. Gullotta, Rebecca Johnson, Jaime Infante Ramírez, et al.

Super-heroes, said to represent justice, have saturated popular culture at a time when the American criminal justice system is under intense public scrutiny and re-evaluation. Do the super-heroes we celebrate really represent the best we can be? How do the stories we tell ourselves about justice help society understand the endeavor of protecting citizens and making itself better?In this book of essays, contributors from around the world explore these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1940589142
• ISBN13: 9781940589145
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Sequart Research & Literacy Organization
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"