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The Modern Superhero in ­Film and Television
Popular Genre and American Culture (Routledge Advances in Comics Studies)
By Brown, Jeffrey A. (Bowling Green State University, USA)

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United Kingdom, 3 November 2016

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.


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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.

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9781138897786
ISBN
1138897787
Other Information
27 Halftones, black and white; 27 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
22.9 x 15.5 x 1.5 centimeters (0.40 kg)

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Live Action Superhero Genre

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

Conclusion: Superhero Fatigue?

About the Author

Jeffrey A. Brown is a professor in the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University, USA. He is the author of Black Superheroes: Milestone Comics and Their Fans, Dangerous Curves: Action Heroines, Gender, Fetishism, and Popular Culture, and Beyond Bombshells: The New Action Heroine in Popular Culture.

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"Brown’s careful analysis and self-reflexivity make this an engaging read for those passionate not only about comic books, but also comic book movies. The Modern Superhero in Film and Television is essential for anyone interested in learning more about the modern superhero in mainstream filmic culture." --Danielle Alexis Orozco, The Ohio State University

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