Crime, Hooded Crusaders, and (Private) Justice: Arrow and the Exoneration of Vigilantism in Contemporary Popular Media

As a form of extralegal crimefighting, vigilantism involves relevant questions about crime, justice, and law enforcement, and it is a staple of popular media. In the 1980s, several popular culture products took a critical approach to vigilantism as a part of the deconstruction of the superhero genr...

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Main Authors: Jesús Jiménez-Varea, Antonio Pineda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade (CECS) 2022-12-01
Series:Comunicação e Sociedade
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Online Access:https://revistacomsoc.pt/index.php/revistacomsoc/article/view/4013