Nickie D. Phillips
Auteur de Comic Book Crime: Truth, Justice, and the American Way (Alternative Criminology)
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Nickie D. Phillips is associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, and director of the college's Center for Crime and Popular Culture. Her research focuses on the intersection of crime, popular culture, and mass media.
Œuvres de Nickie D. Phillips
Comic Book Crime: Truth, Justice, and the American Way (Alternative Criminology) (2013) 16 exemplaires
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- Œuvres
- 2
- Membres
- 30
- Popularité
- #449,942
- Évaluation
- 3.0
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- 2
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- 6
Reading 'Comic Book Crime' was an education. I'd taken some sociology courses in college, but had never taken anything focused on Criminal Justice. Reading this study made me wonder why I never saw any Criminal Justice majors in the philosophy department. It would give them a little more patience at the very least. The authors' slant on superhero comic books and the outlines of criminal justice theory were both fascinating.
Despite the source material for the study, no reading of the comics referenced in the authors' sample are strictly necessary, though it does enhance the reading if you have. For example, 'Identity Crisis' was heavily referenced. The authors limited their sample of books to those written after the events of 9/11 and to superhero comics as a rule as the genre with the most sales and widespread cultural influence and the genre most interested in the idea of justice. Even those who have never picked up a comic book know who Spider-man, Wonder Woman, and Batman are.
The authors make note of the formula of long-running comic book series is the main reason why rehabilitation or deadly retribution is rare and it is why I'm no longer a regular reader, but what they have collected gives me hope that comic books and their classic characters are going to continue to evolve and even better reflect the conflicts of the real world.… (plus d'informations)