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UNINA9910758490603321 |
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Titolo |
Heroism as a global phenomenon in contemporary culture / / edited by Barbara Korte, Simon Wendt, Nicole Falkenhayner |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2019 |
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ISBN |
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0-429-55337-4 |
0-429-26278-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (258 pages) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in cultural history |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Heroes in mass media |
Heroes in popular culture |
Heroes in motion pictures |
Courage in mass media |
Courage in popular culture |
Courage in motion pictures |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : studying heroism from a global perspective / Barbara Korte and Simon Wendt -- "Like a cinema when the last of the audience has gone and only the staff remain" : Biggles and (post-)imperial heroism / Michael Goodrum -- Y'a bon? : popularizing the tirailleurs as heroes of (anti-)colonialism / Konstanze N'Guessan and Mareike Späth -- Princess of a different kingdom : cultural imperialism, female heroism, and the global performance of Walt Disney's Mulan and Moana / Sotirios Mouzakis -- One hero fits all? : cultural translations in Doctor Strange (2016) as "global hero" movie / Nicole Falkenhayner and Maria-Xenia Hardt -- Zashchitniki (Guardians) : a failed Russian-Soviet answer to Superman and Batman / Dietmar Neutatz -- "This beast in the shape of a man" : right-wing populism, white masculinity, and the transnational heroization of Donald Trump / Michael Butter -- Axe and helmet : the widening range of New York firefighters as (super-)heroes / Wolfgang Hochbruck -- Unlikely tragic (anti-)heroes : gangsters translated into Hindi films / Sugata Nandi -- Heroism and the pleasure and pain of mistranslation : the case of the act of killing / Ariel |
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