Adilifu Nama
Auteur de Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes
A propos de l'auteur
Adilifu Nama is a professor of African American studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He has written numerous books about the intersection between African American studies and pop culture, including Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes and Race on the QT: afficher plus Blackness and the Films of Quentin Tarantino. afficher moins
Œuvres de Adilifu Nama
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- male
Membres
Critiques
Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black… par Adilifu Nama
Despite some interesting insights about black charcaters within the superhero genre, the book doesn't have a clear argument.
This one would be about a 3.8 if I could give decimal points. While the middle chapters of this book do some very important work, he leads with (chapter 2) his weakest chapter, and the last chapter is a little light on detail (after all, "Alien Nation" is the film that proves his whole theory, and likely should be examined in a great deal of detail). I'm not thrilled by how much he relies on Adam Roberts' book, because that book is awful. Some very useful theory, here, though, despite that. His work with the Alien quadrology is inspired. Recommended, especially if you're doing work on race or sci fi.… (plus d'informations)
I loved this book and wished I were educated enough on the subject to really say more than "I never thought of that" fifty million times while I read.
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 4
- Membres
- 95
- Popularité
- #197,646
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 17