Screen LibraryThe X-Men films : a cultural analysis /
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Rowman & Littlefield,
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| Publisher Address: | Lanham : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xxii, 241 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781442265332 (hardcover : alkaline paper) : 1442265337 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 9781442265349 (electronic book) 1442265345 (electronic book) |
| Index Number: | PN1995 |
| CLC: | J905.712 |
| Call Number: | J905.712/X1 |
| Contents: |
Utopian and immersive experiences. Mutopia: American utopianism and the mutant superhero / The immersive marketing campaign for X-Men: Days of Future Past / Agency and authority. Superhuman authority: fascism and bioethics in the X-Men films / Magneto's dilemma: the technological limitations of mutant transhumanism / PTXD: gendered narratives of combat, trauma, and the civil-military divide / Women and power. Containing the X-women: de-powering and de-queering female characters / Shape-shifting identity: mystique's embodied agency / The "stolen" superpowers of Marvel's Rogue / The curious case of "Dr." Jean Grey, Mystique, and Mariko / Masculinity and race. Wolverine in transition: shifting portrayals of masculinity and identity / Techno-Orientalist villains and white masculinity in the Wolverine movies / Reframing disabled masculinity: Xavier as Marvel's supercrip / Mutating minorities: white racial framing and group positioning / Passing and otherness. Passing while homo superior / Mutancy, otherness, and empathy in the X-Men / |