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Ages of heroes, eras of men : superheroes and the American experience /
"Ages of Heroes, Eras of Men" explores the changing depiction of superheroes from the comic books of the 1930s to the cinematic present. In this anthology, scholars from a variety of disciplines - including history, cultural studies, Latin American studies, film studies, and English - exam...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
©2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Section I Defending the American way : the golden age of comics, American identity, and the search for order ; The origin of the superhero : culture, race, and identity in US popular culture, 1890-1940 / Julian C. Chambliss and William L. Svitavsky
- A superhero for the times : Superman's fight against oppression and injustice in the 1930s / Lance Eaton
- Heroines in a time of war : Nelvana of the Northern Lights and Wonder Woman as symbols of the United States and Canada / Amanda Murphyao
- Cold War in comics : clobberin' commies and promoting nationalism in American comics / John Donovan
- Gendered power : comics, film, and sexuality in the United States / Michael Furlong.
- Section II Crisis of consensus : the silver age, societal upheaval, and new definition of heroism ; Nationalism and power : Captain America, governmental policy, and the problem of American nationalism / Antonio S. Thompson
- "We must think anew" (Superman goes boom) : the cultural ascension of the baby boom generation within the Superman franchise / Thomas C. Donaldson and Shathley Q
- Ineffectual lass among the legions of superheroes : the marginalization and somestication of female superheroes, 1955-1970 / Thomas C. Donaldson
- Race, superheroes, and identity : "Did you know he was black?" / William L. Svitavsky
- Upgrading the Cold War framework : Iron Man, the military industrial complex, and American defense / Julian C. Chambliss.
- Section III The modern age : fall and rise of the hero ; Rethinking the American man : Clark Kent, Superman, and consumer masculinity / Michael Goebel
- Superhero for a new age : Latino identity in the US comics industry / Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste
- Splitting the nuclear family? : the superhero family in The Incredibles and Sky High / Claire Jenkins
- Superhero fantasy in a post-9/11 world : Marvel Comics and army recruitment / Michael J. Lecker
- A brief historiography of the age of marginalization : the superhero in the American mind / Shawn O'Rourke.