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A Femininomenon: Leadership Development Through Representation On‐Screen
New Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 67-74, Spring 2025.ABSTRACT Historically, films and television centered men, but there has recently been a shift toward focusing on women and people of color (and women of color) in leading roles. Films and shows like Black Panther, Barbie, and Ashoka reflect this trend, offering more complex stories and diverse representation.
Kathleen Callahan
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God, gods and superheroes [PDF]
, 2012 Superheroes emerge when heroes fail. One possible definition of the superhero is that he (and it used usually to be a ‘he’) is a being with extraordinary powers who fights evil and has a recognisable costume in which to do it.
Shvetal Vyas
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« I Am Gotham » : identification du superhéros et de la ville dans les comic books Batman
Itinéraires, 2019 In this article, we study representations of Gotham City in Batman comic books. Our hypothesis is that the city of Gotham has been, over time, presented as a place that belongs to Batman but also to his alter ego Bruce Wayne.
Sophie Bonadè
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Monde sportif et univers des super-héros de bandes dessinées
Comicalités, 2018 Our culture, since the 19th century is based on the positivist myth of science. The origins of sport and superheroes can be found there. Growing throughout the 20th and 21th centuries, both sport and superheroes have become social facts. Both can be seen
Élise Awaïda Carton +1 more
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Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Problematic substance use (PSU) is a significant, inadequately managed people management challenge. Drawing on the conflicting outcomes and mutual losses perspectives on HRM and employee wellbeing, and using Job Demands‐Resources theory to explain underlying strain‐driven loss cycles, we examine factors shaping PSU and help‐seeking among 575 ...
Karen Maher +4 more
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Studia Semiotyczne, 2016 DOI: http://doi.org/10.26333/sts.xxx2.02 In this paper I concern myself with The Superman Puzzle (the phenomenon of the substitution failure of co-referential proper names in simple sentences). I argue that the descriptive content associated with proper names, besides determining the proper name's reference, function as truthconditionally relevant ...
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Narratives of Strength: Exploring Storytelling as a Tool for Resilience in Families
Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Resilience, originally viewed as a psychological capacity to ‘bounce back’ from challenges, is now understood to be shaped by broader social inequalities, including gender, socio‐economic status, politics and ethnicity. This study explores how stories and narratives can help nurture resilience and improve well‐being among those residing in an ...
Chandra Ramamurthy +3 more
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European Management Review, EarlyView.Abstract Corporate purpose is gaining momentum in contemporary business communities, yet it often appears shrouded in ambiguity. Although research is growing in popularity, the analysis of corporate purpose from the perspective of strategic leaders remains an unexplored domain.
Chiara Pantalena +3 more
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Afro-Superheroes: Prepossessing the Future
, 2016 In ‘Popular Arts in Africa’, published in 1987, Karin Barber made passing reference to the syncretic use made of Marvel Comic superheroes alongside figures from Twi folktales, in comics produced in Accra and Kumasi in the 1970s (1987).
Coetzee, Carli
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Dark of the World, Shine on Us: The Redemption of Blackness in Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther
Religions, 2018 Directed by Ryan Coogler, the film Black Panther portrays the heroes of the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda as godlike. They possess otherworldly sophistication by virtue of their blackness, in contrast to longstanding tendencies in mainstream film ...
George Faithful
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