The contemporary superhero film : projections of power and identity /

"The aim of this short volume is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the generic and thematic elements of contemporary superhero films. Terence McSweeney examines the codes and conventions of the superhero genre, laying out the syntactic and semantic elements common to most (if not alway...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McSweeney, Terence, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Wallfower Press, [2020]
Colección:Short cuts (London, England)
Temas:
Superhero films > History and criticism.
Comic strip characters in motion pictures.
Comic books, strips, etc. > United States > Film adaptations.
Films de superhéros > Histoire et critique.
PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism.
Comic strip characters in motion pictures
Superhero films
United States
Film criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Film criticism.
Critiques cinématographiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Cultural phenomenon or cultural catastrophe?
  • 1. The codes and conventions of the contemporary superhero film
  • 2. The mythologies of the contemporary superhero film
  • 3. Gender and sexuality in the contemporary superhero film
  • 4. Ethnicity in the contemporary superhero film
  • 5. The global contemporary superhero film
  • Conclusion : "Is it me or is it getting crazier out there?" The future of the contemporary superhero film and the genre's "impossible solutions for insoluble problems."

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