Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes Do the Gods Wear Capes? Spirituality, Fantasy, and Superheroes Race in American Science Fiction

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Book Review| March 01 2013 Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes Do the Gods Wear Capes? Spirituality, Fantasy, and Superheroes Race in American Science Fiction Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes. By Nama, Adilifu. Austin: Univ. of Texas Press. 2011. i, 180 pp. Cloth, $55.00; paper, $24.95.Do the Gods Wear Capes? Spirituality, Fantasy, and Superheroes. By Saunders, Ben. New York: Continuum. 2011. iii, 178 pp. Cloth, $90.00; paper, $21.95; e-book, $15.99.Race in American Science Fiction. By Isiah Lavender III. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press. 2011. iii, 269 pp. Paper, $24.95. Ramzi Fawaz Ramzi Fawaz Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Literature (2013) 85 (1): 199–202. https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-1959652 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Ramzi Fawaz; Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes Do the Gods Wear Capes? Spirituality, Fantasy, and Superheroes Race in American Science Fiction. American Literature 1 March 2013; 85 (1): 199–202. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-1959652 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsAmerican Literature Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2013 by Duke University Press2013 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Book Reviews You do not currently have access to this content.