The hero’s beautiful death: body, cancer and medicalization in comics’ narratives
In this article, we study the fabrication of the social imaginary about cancer represented in superhero comics. The goal is to discuss the emergence of cancer in media culture. It raises the question of the medical imperative as a producer of knowledge and practices of body control in fictional narr...
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| Language: | English |
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Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde (Icict) da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
2021-03-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/1998 |