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The superhero symbol : media, culture, and politics /
"As a man, I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed; but as a symbol ... as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting". In the 2005 reboot of the then dormant Batman film franchise, Batman Begins, Bruce Wayne articulates how the figure of the superhero can...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
[2020]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: "Everlasting" Symbols: Unmasking superheroes and their shifting symbolic function, Liam Burke
- Part 1: Superheroes, Politics, and Civic Engagement
- "What Else Can You Do With Them?": Superheroes and the Civic Imagination / Henry Jenkins
- "America Is A Piece of Trash": Captain America, Patriotism, Nationalism, and Fascism / Neal Curtis
- "This Land is Mine!" Understanding the Function of Supervillains / Jason Bainbridge
- Interview 1: Comics artist, writer, and "herstorian" / Trina Robbins
- Part 2: The Superhero as a Brand
- The Secret Commercial Identity of Superheroes: Protecting the Superhero Symbol / Mitchell Adams
- Siegel and Shuster as Brand Name / Ian Gordon
- Practicing Superhuman Law: Creative License, Industrial Identity, and Spider-Man's Homecoming / Tara Lomax
- The sound of the cinematic superhero / Dan Golding
- Interview 2: Former President of DC Entertainment / Diane Nelson
- Part 3: Becoming the Superhero
- Arkham Knave: The Joker in Game Design / Steven Conway
- Being Super, Becoming Heroes: Dialogic Superhero Narratives in Cosplay Collectives / Claire Langsford
- "From Pages to Pavements": A Criminological Comparison Between Depictions of Crime Control in Superhero Narratives and "Real-Life Superhero" Activity / Vladislav Iouchkov and John McGuire.
- Interview 3: Dark Night: A True Batman Story writer Paul Dini
- Part 4: Superheroes and National Identity
- Captain America, National Narratives, and the Queer Subversion of the Retcon / Naja Later
- Apes, Angels, and Super Patriots: The Irish in Superhero Comics / Liam Burke
- Missing in Action: The Late Development of the German-Speaking Superhero / Paul M. Malone
- Chinese Milk for Iron Men: Superhero Coproductions and Technological Anxiety / Shan Mu Zhao
- Age of the Atoman: Australian Superhero Comics and Cold War Modernity / Kevin Patrick
- Interview 4: Cleverman creator Ryan Griffen and star Hunter Page-Lochard