The modern superhero in film and television : popular genre and American culture /
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Routledge,
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Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
Publication Dates: | 2017. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Routledge advances in comic studies ;
2 |
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Carrier Form: | 181 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page [163]-173) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781138897786 (hardcover) : 1138897787 (hardcover) |
Index Number: | PN1995 |
CLC: | J905.712 |
Call Number: | J905.712/B878 |
Contents: | Introduction: the live action superhero genre -- Hollywood superheroes: commercial economy, spectacle and the universe -- Supermen and wonder women: gender ideals and live-action superheroes -- Superheroes rewriting 9/11 and remasculinizing America -- America, nostalgia and exceptionalism -- Diversity and marginalization -- Spoofs, parody and camp -- Conclusion: superhero fatigue?. |