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A Whole New People of the Book: Lewis and Lund’s Muslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam, and Representation

Issue: Vol 47 No. 3–4 (2018)

Journal: Bulletin for the Study of Religion

Subject Areas: Religious Studies Buddhist Studies Islamic Studies Biblical Studies

DOI: 10.1558/bsor.36027

Abstract:

A. David Lewis and Martin Lund, eds. 'Muslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam, and Representation'. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2017. 264 pp., 15 illustrations. $24.95, paper.

Author: Aaron Gaius Ricker

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