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[felis_ultharus]

"However, when Bruce Wayne refers to the Batman, he is not referring to himself; rather he is referring to the other -- what Michel Foucault might call -- 'complex strategical situation' of desiring-machines in a particular constellation of desiring-production. Bruce Wayne and Batma (as well as Catwoman and Selina Kyle) are not 'identities' in the traditional Oedipal sense."
-- Philip Orr, "The Anoedipal Mythos of Batman and Catwoman." Journal of Popular Culture, Spr 94: 173-174.

The problem with going out looking for scholarly articles on Batman is that sometimes you actually find one.

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[jc2004.livejournal.com]

Scholarly articles are usually just a way of burying meaning in dry words until it suffocates and turns to dust.

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

And there's not always a meaning there to begin with, sadly.