Social Psychology and the Comic-Book Superhero: A Darwinian Approach
Why is the comic-book superhero such a persistent topic of cultural representation? Citing Dutton’s evolutionary aesthetic, we argue that comic-book superheroes persist because they offer a cultural means of negotiating the gap between the small group size that human beings have evolved a cognitive...
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פורמט: | Journal article |
שפה: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2013
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