The Superhero Symbol : : Media, Culture, and Politics /

The Superhero Symbol : : Media, Culture, and Politics / / ed. by Liam Burke, Ian Gordon, Angela Ndalianis.

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“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 Batman film franchise, Batman Begins, Bruce Wayne articulates how the figure of the superhero can serve as a transcendent i...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
MitwirkendeR:
Adams, Mitchell,
Bainbridge, Jason,
Burke, Liam,
Conway, Steven,
Curtis, Neal,
Golding, Dan,
Gordon, Ian,
Iouchkov, Vladislav,
Jenkins, Henry,
Langsford, Claire,
Later, Naja,
Lomax, Tara,
Malone, Paul M.,
McGuire, John,
Patrick, Kevin,
Zhao, Shan Mu,
HerausgeberIn:
Burke, Liam,
Gordon, Ian,
Ndalianis, Angela,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2019]
©2020
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.) :; 34 color images, 3 BW images, 1 table
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction “Everlasting” Symbols
  • Part 1 Superheroes, Politics, and Civic Engagement
  • 1 “What Else Can You Do with Them?” Superheroes and the Civic Imagination
  • 2 “America Is a Piece of Trash” Captain America, Patriotism, Nationalism, and Fascism
  • 3 “This Land Is Mine!” Understanding the Function of Supervillains
  • 4 An Interview with Comics Artist, Writer, and “Herstorian” Trina Robbins
  • Part 2 The Superhero as Brand
  • 5 The Secret Commercial Identity of Superheroes Protecting the Superhero Symbol
  • 6 Siegel and Shuster as Brand Name
  • 7 Practicing Superhuman Law Creative License, Industrial Identity, and Spider-Man’s Homecoming
  • 8 The Sound of the Cinematic Superhero
  • 9 An Interview with Former President of DC Entertainment Diane Nelson
  • Part 3 Becoming the Superhero
  • 10 Arkham Knave The Joker in Game Design
  • 11 Being Super, Becoming Heroes Dialogic Superhero Narratives in Cosplay Collectives
  • 12 From Pages to Pavements A Criminological Comparison between Depictions of Crime Control in Superhero Narratives and “Real-Life Superhero” Activity
  • 13 An Interview with Dark Night: A True Batman Story Writer Paul Dini
  • Part 4 Superheroes and National Identity
  • 14 Captain America, National Narratives, and the Queer Subversion of the Retcon
  • 15 Apes, Angels, and Super Patriots The Irish in Superhero Comics
  • 16 Missing in Action The Late Development of the German-Speaking Superhero
  • 17 Chinese Milk for Iron Men Superhero Coproductions and Technological Anxiety
  • 18 Age of the Atoman Australian Superhero Comics and Cold War Modernity
  • 19 An Interview with Cleverman Creator Ryan Griffen and Star Hunter Page-Lochard
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
  • INDEX

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