Daredevil Psychology

The Devil You Know

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Edited by Travis Langley

Type: Essays
Subject: One Film > Daredevil (TV Series)
Keywords: TV Series, superheroes, psychology
Publishing date: 2018
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Collection: Popular Culture Psychology
Volume 9
Language: English

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Paperback • 272 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4549-3011-2

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An in-depth analysis of the psychology behind the superhero Daredevil.

What kind of person actively enters dangerous situations and takes extreme risks to help others? Who suffers the worst after great losses and who grows stronger? How might vision interfere with how we comprehend sounds, smells, and other sensory cues? When are we more likely to become heroic and when will we commit unkind acts - in other words, when do we follow the devil on one shoulder or the angel on the other? And how about the hero who tries to balance both? Daredevil Psychology: The Devil You Know dives into the psychology behind the complicated character who is attorney Matt Murdock by day and swings through the city as the superhero Daredevil by night. This collection explore different facets of his psychology, including:
• The risk-taking behavior that earns Daredevil his name.
• The process of "othering" in regard to differences and disability.
• Mental manipulation both ordinary and, in Killgrave's case, extraordinary.
• Morality of justice versus revenge, comparing and contrasting Daredevil with Elektra and the Punisher. Jessica Jones, too.
• Guilt and hope in Hell's Kitchen.Special Features
• Interview with Marvel's Daredevil executive producer Steven S. DeKnight.
• Interview with Typhoid Mary creator Ann Nocenti.
• And a fantastic foreword by superhero co-creator Stan "the Man" Lee!ContributorsTravis Adams * Colt J. Blunt * Jenna Busch * Erin Currie * Jim Davies * Larisa Garski * Christine Hanefalk * Jeffrey Henderson * Jeremy Johnson * Lisa Johnson * J. Scott Jordan * Jordan P. LaBouff * Rebecca M. Langley * Travis Langley * Stan Lee * Justine Mastin * Leandra Parris * Craig Pohlman * Janina Scarlet * William Sharp * Laura Vecchiolla * Eric D. Wesselmann * Mara Wood * Jennifer Yen

About the Author:
"This man's a genius!" - Stan Lee.Travis Langley, PhD, is a psychology professor at Henderson State University, the author of Batman and Psychology (Wiley), and the editor of The Walking Dead Psychology, Star Wars Psychology, Game of Thrones Psychology, Wonder Woman Psychology, Captain America vs. Iron Man, and the rest of the Popular Culture Psychology series published by Sterling. He speaks regularly on media and heroism at universities, conferences, and popular-culture conventions including San Diego Comic-Con, New York Comic Con, and others throughout the world. Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics and other films have featured him as an expert interviewee, and the documentary Legends of the Knight spotlighted how he uses fiction to teach real psychology. Psychology Today carries his blog "Beyond Heroes and Villains," and he is one of the 10 most popular psychologists on Twitter with over 100,000 followers: @Superherologist.

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