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The superhero reader [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Charles Hatfield, Jeet Heer, and Kent Worcester



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Titolo: The superhero reader [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Charles Hatfield, Jeet Heer, and Kent Worcester Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (342 p.)
Disciplina: 741.5/9
Soggetto topico: Comic books, strips, etc - History and criticism
Superheroes in literature
Superheroes
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: HatfieldCharles <1965->  
HeerJeet  
WorcesterKent <1959->  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. HISTORICAL CONSIDERATIONS; Comics Predecessors; Men of Tomorrow; Gladiator; The Great Comic Book Heroes; The Comics and the Super State; The Superman Conceit; The Great Women Superheroes; Fandom and Authorship; II. THEORY AND GENRE; Literary Formulas; Crowds of Superheroes; The Epic Hero and Pop Culture; Masked Heroes; The Revisionary Superhero Narrative; Jack Kirby and the Marvel Aesthetic; Navigating Infinite Earths; A Song of the Urban Superhero; III. CULTURE AND IDENTITY; Wonder Woman; Invisible Girl; Love Will Bring You to Your Gift
Batman, Deviance and CampColor Them Black; Comic Book Masculinity; The Punisher as Revisionist Superhero Western; Death Defying-Heroes; List of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
Sommario/riassunto: Despite their commercial appeal and cross-media reach, superheroes are only recently starting to attract sustained scholarly attention. This groundbreaking collection brings together essays and book excerpts by major writers on comics and popular culture. While superhero comics are a distinct and sometimes disdained branch of comics creation, they are integral to the development of the North American comic book and the history of the medium. For the past half-century they have also been the one overwhelmingly dominant market genre. The sheer volume of superhero comics that have been publ
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ISBN: 1-62103-954-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910465694503321
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