1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787305403321

Autore

Brooker Will <1970->

Titolo

Batman unmasked : analyzing a cultural icon / / Will Brooker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury, , 1990

©1990

ISBN

1-62356-019-5

1-62356-752-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Disciplina

741.5973

Soggetti

Mass media

Comic books, strips, etc - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 2001"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: 1978; 1: 1939-1945: Origins and Wartime; 2: 1954: Censorship and Queer Readings; 3: 1961-1969: Pop and Camp; 4: 1986-1997: Fandom and Authorship; Conclusion: 1999; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Over the sixty years of his existence, Batman has encountered an impressive array of cultural icons and has gradually become one himself. This fascinating book examines what Batman means and has meant to the various audiences, groups and communities who have tried to control and interpret him over the decades. Brooker reveals the struggles over Batman''s meaning by shining a light on the cultural issues of the day that impacted on the development of the character. They include: patriotic propaganda of the Second World War; the accusation that Batman was corrupting the youth of America by appea



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910822574203321

Autore

Stivers Tanya

Titolo

Prescribing under Pressure / / Tanya Stivers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, , 2007

ISBN

0195345533

9780195345537

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 221 pages)

Collana

Oxford Studies In Sociolinguistics

Disciplina

615.329

Soggetti

Antibiotics

Antibiotics - Effectiveness

Physician and patient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.