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Mutants & mystics : science fiction, superhero comics, and the paranormal  Cover Image Book Book

Mutants & mystics : science fiction, superhero comics, and the paranormal / Jeffrey J. Kripal.

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  • ISBN: 9780226453835 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0226453839 (alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xvii, 370 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-353) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Orientation: from India to the planet Mars -- Alienation: Superman is a crashed alien -- Radiation: metaphysical energies and super sexualities -- Mutation: X-men before their time -- Realization: reading the paranormal writing us -- Authorization: writing the paranormal writing us -- The third kind: the visitor corpus of Whitley Strieber -- Toward a soul-sized story.
Subject: Comic books, strips, etc. > United States > History and criticism.
Superheroes in literature.
Occultism in literature.
Science fiction, American > History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, American > History and criticism.
Myth in literature.
Literature and myth.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Kirtland Community College Library PN 6725 .K75 2011 30543184 General Collection Available -


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