The 21st century superhero : essays on gender, genre and globalization in film / edited by Richard J. Gray II and Betty Kaklamanidou.
"These ten critical essays explore the phenomenon of the superhero film in the 21st century through the lens of numerous academic disciplines, and cover topics such as the role of globalization in the formation of superhero narratives, the shifting nature of masculinity and femininity in the superhe...
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| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland,
[2011], ©2011.
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| Physical Description: | viii, 204 pages ; 23 cm |
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Twenty-first century superhero. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction / Richard J. Gray II and Betty Kaklamanidou -- Globalization. Exceptional Recognition: The U.S. Global Dilemma in The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, and Avatar / Anthony Peter Spanakos -- "You Took My Advice About Theatricality a Bit -- Literally": Theatricality and Cybernetics of Good and Evil in Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and X-Men / Johannes Schlegel and Frank Habermann -- Power, Choice, and September 11 in The Dark Knight / Christine Muller -- Gender. The Mythos of Patriarchy in the X-Men Films / Betty Kaklamanidou -- Vivacious Vixens and Scintillating Super-Hotties: Deconstructing the Superheroine / Richard J. Gray II -- Evolving Portrayals of Masculinity in Superhero Films: Hancock / Christina Adamou -- Genre. Genre and Super-Heroism: Batman in the New Millennium / Vincent M. Gaine -- Super-Intertextuality and 21st Century Individualized Social Advocacy in Spider-Man and Kick-Ass / Justin S. Schumaker -- The Watchmen, Neo-Noir and Pastiche / Phillip Davis -- Smallville: Super Puberty and the Monstrous Superhero / Shahriar Fouladi. | |
| 520 | |a "These ten critical essays explore the phenomenon of the superhero film in the 21st century through the lens of numerous academic disciplines, and cover topics such as the role of globalization in the formation of superhero narratives, the shifting nature of masculinity and femininity in the superhero world and the state of the genre today"--Provided by publisher. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Masculinity in motion pictures. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007718 | |
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