Have there been any serious attempts to analyse X Men from an academic perspective?

[Pach!]

This was something I was wondering about, has anyone ever studied the X Men or written University papers on them?

Any links would be appreciated.

Thanks!


EDIT: I added a poll because polls are fun! it has nothing to do with the topic.

[KiplingKat]

Well, there was the X-Men and Philosophy book, which is kind of half-assed since they take a lot from the films.

http://www.amazon.com/X-Men-Philosop.../dp/0470413409

And then there is this, which looks to be less from an academic than literary perspective (I have not read it yet):

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193...6YPD7E46RQ5WTV

But I know that in recent years comic books have become a resource of popular culture, literature, and history that is being studied more in academia. In our history department last year, two senior thesis dealt with comic books.

[darknessatnoon]

If there are academic essays on the X-Men, whoever wrote them belongs in adjunct, composition teaching, hell.

[tlp0708]

Originally Posted by darknessatnoon

If there are academic essays on the X-Men, whoever wrote them belongs in adjunct, composition teaching, hell.

So negative. See my current facebook status; I'm currently in composition hell right now. Can't wait until the semester ends!

I do remember a cfp a few years ago when I was a MA student about depictions of women through the lens of gender, sexuality, and race in comic books. What happened to it, I don't know, but it looked like a serious study.

[just another user]

On Cyclops and the male gaze...

[[]D[]/\/\[]D @ Nite/So-tite]

I know there's no way in hell you could do it from a biological standpoint.

[darknessatnoon]

Originally Posted by tlp0708

So negative. See my current facebook status; I'm currently in composition hell right now. Can't wait until the semester ends!

I do remember a cfp a few years ago when I was a MA student about depictions of women through the lens of gender, sexuality, and race in comic books. What happened to it, I don't know, but it looked like a serious study.

I saw it. Your student is a retard.

[tlp0708]

Originally Posted by just another user

On Cyclops and the male gaze...

I wouldn't necessarily call that academic; it doesn't look like Tom Coates is a professor or a graduate student. At least, as far as the webpage suggests.

[tlp0708]

Originally Posted by darknessatnoon

I saw it. Your student is a retard.

Two students. Just wait until I get my batch tomorrow from my Tragedy and Comedy kids, who are writing on Phaedra, Salome, Way of the World, and Playboy of the Western World. I'm scared.

[KiplingKat]

Originally Posted by darknessatnoon

I saw it. Your student is a retard.

Thus spaketh our representative of the "Intelligentsia..."

[darknessatnoon]

Originally Posted by KiplingKat

Thus spaketh our representative of the "Intelligentsia..."

The kid was talking about rock, paper, scissors.

[Azure]

Complex Dualities In Wolverine

[just another user]

Originally Posted by tlp0708

I wouldn't necessarily call that academic; it doesn't look like Tom Coates is a professor or a graduate student. At least, as far as the webpage suggests.

Do you have to be a professor to be an academic? Surely just approaching the subject using a relevant critical perspective is enough?

I'd like to see a Lacanian interpretation of Polaris

[tlp0708]

Originally Posted by darknessatnoon

The kid was talking about rock, paper, scissors.

She called it "rock, paper, shoot" and referred to Simone and Grafunkel. D@N isn't off base.

[darknessatnoon]

Originally Posted by just another user

Do you have to be a professor to be an academic? Surely just approaching the subject using a relevant critical perspective is enough?

I'd like to see a Lacanian interpretation of Polaris

You have to have a paying job in academia (not as a departmental secretary) where you are held to scholarly standards. Uppity undergraduates doing "an honor's thesis" don't count. It goes without saying that you need degreed credentials.