Screen LibraryThe 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 ;
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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?. |