The World of Wakanda and its king: analysis

Abstract

Regarding the discussion of black participation in the various systems of society, there are still many possible paths. The art of comics can serve as one of the tracks, including artists concerned with ethnic-cultural issues. Many, black or non-black, who refound imaginary and characters. This research consists of a thematic clipping of a larger project entitled "Eyes of Panther: the kingdom of Wakanda as heterotopia in the contemporaneity". In this research, we chose to analyze the Black Panther superhero who, although one of the most influential of Marvel, is little explored: Understand the stereotype about the black people and its ancestral space from representations of an African superhero in the HQ Black Panther: who is the Black Panther? (2014) by Reginald Hudlin and Romita Jr. The chosen work constitutes the research scenario. The black characters of the narrative, especially the superhero Black Panther and its ancestral space, the so-called fictional country Wakanda, are the main subjects of the same. Therefore, we seek answers to the following questions: How can the analysis of works such as Black Panther: who is the Black Panther?, by Reginald Hudlin and Romita Jr, and other texts affiliated with them, can heighten reflections on black ancestry, traditions and cultures? Do they emphasize the factual history of struggle and demystify contemporaneously the image of subalternity of blacks? In what way is it possible to demarcate stereotypes of the black superhero Black Panther as protagonist of the HQ and its ancestral space Wakanda?. For this purpose, we have used authors such as: Gianni Vattimo (1990), Michel Foucault (1984; 1988; 2013), Alex de Barros Cassal (2001), Pereira (2002), among others who became relevant to the understanding of conceptual and theoretical categories namely: heterotopia, representation, hero, stereotypes as well as for other analyzes.