Ramzi Fawaz The New Mutants

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Ramzi fawaz the new mutants. Superheroes and the radical imagination of american comics nyu press 2016 was. Superheroes and the radical imagination of american comics ramzi fawaz offers a refreshing and much needed analysis of post world war ii superhero comics applying queer theory to mainstream superhero stories and arguing for the profound world making potential of. He moves beyond the what and into the how and why the linking of new mutants post wwii teenage social rebels to the x men team of the same name is brilliant. His research and teaching explore the cultural production of radical left wing.

Through a series of comic book case studies. My research and writing explores the relationship between popular culture and radical social movements in the modern united states. Superheroes and the radical imagination of american comics published in january 2016 by nyu press which received the 2012 2013 center for lesbian and. In the new mutants ramzi fawaz draws upon queer theory to tell the story of these monstrous fantasy figures and how they grapple with radical politics from civil rights and the new left to women s and gay liberation movements.

Ramzi fawaz s marvelous new book the new mutants digs deep into the long history of superheroes and unearths a radical political tradition that has mostly goneunnoticed until now. The new mutants provides the first full length study to consider the relationship between comic book fantasy and radical politics in the modern united states. He is the author of the new mutants. Superheroes and the radical imagination of american comics.

In american studies at george washington university. An associate professor of english at the university of wisconsin madison ramzi fawaz is the author of the new mutants. How fantasy meets reality as popular culture evolves and ignites postwar gender sexual and race revolutions. Ramzi fawaz is an american associate professor of english at the university of wisconsin madison where he teaches courses in queer and feminist theory american cultural studies and lgbtq literature.

Ramzi fawaz is an assistant professor of english at the university of wisconsin madison. His first book the new mutants. Ramzi fawaz is a ssociate professor of english at the university of wisconsin madison where he teaches in the fields of queer and feminist theory american cultural studies and contemporary literature he received his ph d. Superheroes and the radical imagination of american comics nyu press 2016 which won the 2017 asap book prize from the association for the study of the arts of the present.

Fawaz takes a concept that seems a little obvious x representing y in comic books and fleshes it out with research and fascinating new interpretations. New york university press 2016.