| Description |
1 online resource (314 pages) |
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Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies, 19 |
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Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies, 19
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Part I "That's the Problem With You Readers, You Know All the Plots": Time, Genre, and Narration; 1 Comic Book Superheroes: An Introduction; 2 'Just Men in Tights': Rewriting Silver Age Comics in an Era of Multiplicity; 3 The Time of Heroes: Narrative, Progress, and Eternity in Miracleman; 4 'Worlds Within Worlds': The Role of Superheroes in the Marvel and DC Universes; 5 Baroque Mutants in the 21st Century?: Rethinking Genre Through the Superhero |
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Part II "We Act Normal, Mom! I Want to Be Normal!": Superbodies, Identities, and Fans6 Secret Identity Politics; 7 The Superhero as Labor: The Corporate Secret Identity; 8 When Fangirls Perform: The Gendered Fan Identity in Superhero Comics Fandom; 9 Recruiting an Amazon: The Collision of Old World Ideology and New World Identity in Wonder Woman; 10 'Oy Gevalt!': A Peek at the Development of Jewish Superheroines; Part III "I'm Just a Puppet Who Can See the Strings" Revisions, Retellings, and Auteurs; 11 Entering the Green: Imaginal Space in Black Orchid |
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12 The Mild-Mannered Reporter: How Clark Kent Surpassed Superman13 It's a Jungle in Here: Animal Man, Continuity Issues, and the Authorial Death Drive; 14 Morrison's Muscle Mystery Versus Everyday Reality . . . and Other Parallel Worlds!; 15 Enter the Aleph: Superhero Worlds and Hypertime Realities; Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
Finding expression in comic books, television series and successful blockbuster films, the superhero has become part of everyday life. Exploring the superhero genre, its storytelling practices, its hero-types and its relationship with fans, this anthology fills a gap in research about the comic book superhero of the last 20 years |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History and criticism
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Heroes in art.
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Heroes in literature.
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Superheroes in art.
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Comic books, strips, etc.
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Heroes in art.
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Heroes in literature.
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Superheroes in art.
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United States.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203873090 |
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0203873092 |
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1282074776 |
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9781282074774 |
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