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The Contemporary Comic Book Superhero.
Finding expression in comic books, television series and successful blockbuster films, the superhero has become part of everyday life. Exploring the superhero genre, its storytelling practices, its hero-types and its relationship with fans, this anthology fills a gap in research about the comic book...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2008.
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| Colección: | Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies, 19.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Part I "That's the Problem With You Readers, You Know All the Plots": Time, Genre, and Narration; 1 Comic Book Superheroes: An Introduction; 2 'Just Men in Tights': Rewriting Silver Age Comics in an Era of Multiplicity; 3 The Time of Heroes: Narrative, Progress, and Eternity in Miracleman; 4 'Worlds Within Worlds': The Role of Superheroes in the Marvel and DC Universes; 5 Baroque Mutants in the 21st Century?: Rethinking Genre Through the Superhero
- Part II "We Act Normal, Mom! I Want to Be Normal!": Superbodies, Identities, and Fans6 Secret Identity Politics; 7 The Superhero as Labor: The Corporate Secret Identity; 8 When Fangirls Perform: The Gendered Fan Identity in Superhero Comics Fandom; 9 Recruiting an Amazon: The Collision of Old World Ideology and New World Identity in Wonder Woman; 10 'Oy Gevalt!': A Peek at the Development of Jewish Superheroines; Part III "I'm Just a Puppet Who Can See the Strings" Revisions, Retellings, and Auteurs; 11 Entering the Green: Imaginal Space in Black Orchid
- 12 The Mild-Mannered Reporter: How Clark Kent Surpassed Superman13 It's a Jungle in Here: Animal Man, Continuity Issues, and the Authorial Death Drive; 14 Morrison's Muscle Mystery Versus Everyday Reality . . . and Other Parallel Worlds!; 15 Enter the Aleph: Superhero Worlds and Hypertime Realities; Contributors; Index