The New Mutants Fawaz

Superheroes and the radical imagination of american comics.

The new mutants fawaz. His research and teaching explore the cultural production of radical left wing. 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 gone unnoticed until now. An associate professor of english at the university of wisconsin madison ramzi fawaz is the author of the new mutants. Through a series of comic book case studies including the justice league of america the fantastic four the x men and the new mutants alongside late 20th century fan writing cultural criticism and political documents fawaz reveals how the american superhero modeled new forms of social belonging that counterculture youth would embrace in the 1960s and after.

He is the author of the new mutants. 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. 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.

Ramzi fawaz is an assistant professor of english at the university of wisconsin madison. 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. Through a series of comic book case studies including the justice league of america the fantastic four the x men and the new mutants alongside late 20th century fan writing cultural criticism and political documents fawaz reveals how the american superhero modeled new forms of social belonging that counterculture youth would. 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.

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. How fantasy meets reality as popular culture evolves and ignites postwar gender sexual and race revolutions. 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. An eye opening read and fawaz offers a way of reading superhero comics that is rooted both in scholarship and in the rich history of superhero narratives.

In the new mutants. Superheroes and the radical imagination of american comics published in january 2016 by nyu press which received the 2012 2013 center for lesbian and.