02727oam 2200541I 450 991015035070332120240501160033.00-367-87314-11-315-70898-11-317-48450-910.4324/9781315708980 (CKB)3710000000932705(MiAaPQ)EBC4741908970384172(OCoLC)962752392(OCoLC-P)962752392(FlBoTFG)9781315708980(EXLCZ)99371000000093270520161116d2017 uy 0engurcnu---unuuurdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe modern superhero in film and television popular genre and American culture /by Jeffrey A. Brown1st ed.New York :Routledge,20171 online resource (173 pages)Routledge Advances in Comics Studies ;21-138-89778-7 1-317-48451-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Hollywood superheroes : commercial economy, spectacle, and the universe -- 2. Supermen and wonder women : gender ideals and live-action superheroes --3. Superheroes rewriting 9/11 and remasculinizing America -- 4. America, nostalgia, and exceptionalism -- 5. Diversity and marginalization -- 6. Spoofs, parody, and camp."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"--Provided by publisher.Routledge advances in comics studies ;2.Superhero filmsUnited StatesHistory and criticismSuperhero television programsUnited StatesHistory and criticismSuperhero filmsHistory and criticism.Superhero television programsHistory and criticism.791.43/652791.43652Brown Jeffrey A.1966-896213OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910150350703321The modern superhero in film and television2002019UNINA