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02100aam a22002898i 4500 001 6F0F224099F611ECADF665274AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220302010014 008 210722s2022 nju b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021033084 020 $a 1119635845 020 $a 9781119635840 035 $a (OCoLC)1261768263 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 245 00 $a Black Panther and philosophy : $b what can Wakanda offer the world? / $c edited by Edwardo P�erez and Timothy E. Brown. 264 1 $a Hoboken, NJ : $b John Wiley & Sons, $c 2022. 300 $a xviii, 269 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 0 $a The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "When the character of Black Panther first appeared in Fantastic Four no. 52 in July 1966, legendary creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby didn't just write a story about another hero with extraordinary powers, they birthed the first Black superhero. For Lee, "it was a very normal thing," because "A good many of our people here in America are not white. You've got to recognize that and you've got to include them whatever you do." While it might've seemed normal to Lee, Black Panther's (and Wakanda's) significance cannot be overstated. After all, the first Black superhero isn't just a Black superhero, he's the King of an African nation endowed with otherworldly powers, and Wakanda isn't just an African nation, it's the most advanced civilization the Earth has ever seen. Indeed, it shouldn't be lost on us that when Black Panther was introduced (during the Civil Rights era of the 1960s) the thought of a Black President-or an advanced, futuristic African society-would have been, well, unthinkable for too many people"-- $c Provided by publisher. 700 1 $a P�erez, Edwardo, $e editor. 700 1 $a Brown, Timothy E., $e editor. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117012340.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20220302010754.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6F0F224099F611ECADF665274AECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search