Deconstructing Gilgul, Finding Identity

Captain America and Bucky, characters who appear in Marvel Comics, seem to be temporally displaced. The article scrutinizes that temporal displacement, comparing it with the Judaistic concept of gilgul – the transmigration or reincarnation of the soul – in Kabbalah and Hasidism. Furthermore, the art...

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Main Author: Hausmanninger, Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karl Franzens Universität Graz 2017-05-01
Series:Journal for Religion, Film and Media
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Online Access:http://unipub.uni-graz.at/jrfm/periodical/titleinfo/1927226