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