Immigration and the Superhero

I’m an immigration paralegal, so let’s talk about something that everyone knows nothing about: Immigration!

Bibliography:

“Seeing and Not Seeing Immigration: Immigrant Outreach in an Era of Proactive Policing” by Amada Armenta

Characters in Political Storytelling by Francesca Polletta

Holy Islamophobia, Batman! Demonization of Muslims and Arabs in Mainstream American Comic Books by Jehanzeb Dar

This Female Fights Back: Carol Danvers, Kamala Khan, and Ambivalence Towards Feminism in Ms. Marvel Comics by Noelle Donnelly

Eliminating Temptation by Anna Soojung Kim

“I Am a Superhero: Or, A Casting Call (to Arms)” by Ellen Kirkpatrick

Memoir as Iranian Exile Cultural Production: A Case Study of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis Series by Amy Malek

Veiled Intervention: Anti-Semitism, Allegory, and Captain America by Mike Milford

Speaking the Truth with Folk and Fairy Tales: The Power of the Powerless by Jack Zipes

The Function of the Superhero at the Present Time by Sean Carney

Who are You Calling Political? (Or Which Labels Are Applied to Which Stories, and Why) by G. Willow Wilson

“Getting the Job Done: Superheroes and the Immigrant Experience” by Eileen Gonzalez https://bookriot.com/superheroes-and-the-immigrant-experience/

“Mutants and Migration: The Extraordinary Challenges of Immigration in a Superhero Universe” by Alison Moodie https://www.boundless.com/blog/mutants-and-migration

“Superhero, Immigrant, and Refugee” by Giovanny Panginda with Gene Luen Yang https://www.inheritancemag.com/stories/superhero-immigrant-and-refugee

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