TY - BOOK AU - Bolton,Andrew AU - Chabon,Michael ED - Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) TI - Superheroes: fashion and fantasy SN - 9781588392794 AV - TT502 .B54 2008 U1 - 746.9/20747471 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York, New Haven PB - Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Press KW - Fashion design KW - United States KW - Exhibitions KW - Heroes in art KW - Héros dans l'art KW - Expositions KW - cct KW - Superheroes in art KW - fast KW - Modedesign KW - sao KW - Designutställningar KW - Hjältar i konsten KW - Förenta staterna KW - exhibition catalogs KW - aat KW - Exhibition catalogs KW - lcgft KW - Catalogues d'exposition KW - rvmgf N1 - Catalog of an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 7-Sept. 1, 2008; P.B; P.B; Includes bibliographical references (page 155); The graphic body -- The patriotic body -- The virile body -- The para-doxical body -- The armored body -- The aero-dynamic body -- The mutant body -- The post-modern body N2 - This richly illustrated book explores how radical couture, avant-garde sportswear, and state-of-the-art military garments as seen through the lens of the superhero can be metaphors for sex, power, and politics. Beginning with the origins of the superhero costume, this volume looks at how designers have been influenced by iconographic components such as the cape, mask, boots, and unitard UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0815/2008011442.html ER -