The Cuckoo Cage: New Origin Stories
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- Synopsis
- The superhero of comic books and blockbuster movies may be a quintessentially American invention, forever saving the world in skin-tight spandex. But the cultural DNA of the superhero can arguably be traced to a much older, more progressive, British tradition: the larger-than-life folk heroes of historical protests – General Ludd, Captain Swing, Lady Skimmington, and others; semi-fictional identities that ordinary protestors adopted, often dressing up in the process. In this unique experiment, twelve authors have been tasked with resurrecting that tradition: to spawn a new generation of present-day British superheroes, willing to bring the fight back to British shores and to more progressive causes. From the dimension-jumping statue-toppler, to the shape-shifting single mum raiding supermarkets to stock local foodbanks... these figures offer unlikely new insights into shared, centuries-old political causes, and usher in a new league of proud, British (social justice) warriors...
- Copyright:
- 2022
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 352 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781912697670
- Publisher:
- Comma Press
- Date of Addition:
- 02/03/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Comma Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Basma Ghalayini
- Proofread By:
- Basma Ghalayini
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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