Martyrs and Monsters of the Avengers: Christianity and Disability in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
This paper examines the visual vocabulary of Marvel’s Avengers movies through a study of characters with acquired impairments. When an impairment exhibits the characters’ commitment to justice, they are martyr-heroes; when their origins “deform” their bodies, they are monsters in need of redemption....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2020]
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Journal of disability & religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 24, Issue: 4, Pages: 453-461 |
| Further subjects: | B
Disability
B Church History B physical B Moral Theology B Disability studies |
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