Superman on the Couch

Hey everyone!

So this book, Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Societies by Danny Fingeroth, was a request.

Why are so many of the superhero myths tied up with loss, often violent, of parents or parental figures? What is the significance of the dual identity? What makes some superhuman figures "good" and others "evil"? Why are so many of the prime superheroes white and male? How has the superhero evolved over the course of the 20th and early 21st centuries? And how might the myths be changing? Why is it that the key superhero archetypes - Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, the X-Men - touch primal needs and experiences in everyone? Why has the superhero moved beyond the pages of comics into other media? All these topics, and more, are covered in this lively and original exploration of the reasons why the superhero - in comic books, films, and TV - is such a potent myth for our times and culture.

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Superman on the Couch

This book was very interesting. I'm a big superhero fan and so it was interesting to see what this book told me about myself. There was a lot of information in this book and it was all very interesting. The book was organized very nicely and it covered most of the superheroes....HOWEVER they did not talk about Thor (who is my absolute favorite) they only mentioned him. The reason being that he was not created by a comic book person but an already existing Norse mythological God. There isn't much to say about this book, other than I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in superheroes. It is a non-fiction. I gave it a 4 out of 5 stars.

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Mackenzie