The superhero symbol : media, culture, and politics
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The superhero symbol : media, culture, and politics
Rutgers University Press, c2020
- : pbk
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注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
"As a man, I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed; but as a symbol... as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting". In the 2005 reboot of the Batman film franchise, Batman Begins, Bruce Wayne articulates how the figure of the superhero can serve as a transcendent icon.
It is hard to imagine a time when superheroes have been more pervasive in our culture. Today, superheroes are intellectual property jealously guarded by media conglomerates, icons co-opted by grassroots groups as a four-color rebuttal to social inequities, masks people wear to more confidently walk convention floors and city streets, and bulletproof banners that embody regional and national identities. From activism to cosplay, this collection unmasks the symbolic function of superheroes.
Bringing together superhero scholars from a range of disciplines, alongside key industry figures such as Harley Quinn co-creator Paul Dini, The Superhero Symbol provides fresh perspectives on how characters like Captain America, Iron Man, and Wonder Woman have engaged with media, culture, and politics, to become the "everlasting" symbols to which a young Bruce Wayne once aspired.
目次
Contents
Introduction: "Everlasting" Symbols: Unmasking superheroes and their shifting symbolic function, Liam Burke
Section 1: Superheroes, Politics, and Civic Engagement
1. "What Else Can You Do With Them?": Superheroes and the Civic Imagination
Henry Jenkins
2. "America Is A Piece of Trash": Captain America, Patriotism, Nationalism, and Fascism
Neal Curtis
3. "This Land is Mine!" Understanding the Function of Supervillains
Jason Bainbridge
Interview 1: Comics artist, writer, and "herstorian" Trina Robbins
Section 2: The Superhero as a Brand
4. The Secret Commercial Identity of Superheroes: Protecting the Superhero Symbol
Mitchell Adams
5. Siegel and Shuster as Brand Name
Ian Gordon
6. Practicing Superhuman Law: Creative License, Industrial Identity, and Spider-Man's Homecoming
Tara Lomax
7. The sound of the cinematic superhero
Dan Golding
Interview 2: Former President of DC Entertainment Diane Nelson
Section 3: Becoming the Superhero
8. Arkham Knave: The Joker in Game Design
Steven Conway
9. Being Super, Becoming Heroes: Dialogic Superhero Narratives in Cosplay Collectives
Claire Langsford
10. "From Pages to Pavements": A Criminological Comparison Between Depictions of Crime Control in Superhero Narratives and "Real-Life Superhero" Activity
Vladislav Iouchkov and John McGuire
Interview 3: Dark Night: A True Batman Story writer Paul Dini
Section 4: Superheroes and National Identity
11. Captain America, National Narratives, and the Queer Subversion of the Retcon
Naja Later
12. Apes, Angels, and Super Patriots: The Irish in Superhero Comics
Liam Burke
13. Missing in Action: The Late Development of the German-Speaking Superhero
Paul M. Malone
14. Chinese Milk for Iron Men: Superhero Coproductions and Technological Anxiety
Shan Mu Zhao
15. Age of the Atoman: Australian Superhero Comics and Cold War Modernity
Kevin Patrick
Interview 4: Cleverman creator Ryan Griffen and star Hunter Page-Lochard
Acknowledgements
Notes on the Editors
Notes on Contributors
Index
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