The Modern Superhero in Film and Television : Popular Genre and American Culture Paperback / softback
by Jeffrey A. Brown
Part of the Routledge Advances in Comics Studies series
Paperback / softback
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Hollywood’s live-action superhero films currently dominate the worldwide box-office, with the characters enjoying more notoriety through their feature film and television depictions than they have ever before.
This book argues that this immense popularity reveals deep cultural concerns about politics, gender, ethnicity, patriotism and consumerism after the events of 9/11.
Superheroes have long been agents of hegemony, fighting for abstract ideals of justice while overall perpetuating the American status quo.
Yet at the same time, the book explores how the genre has also been utilized to question and critique these dominant cultural assumptions.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:182 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:12/12/2019
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- ISBN:9780367873141
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:182 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:12/12/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9780367873141
