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Author McSweeney, Terence.
Title The Contemporary Superhero Film [electronic resource] : Projections of Power and Identity.
Publication Info New York : Columbia University Press, 2020.



Descript 1 online resource (173 p.).
Note Description based upon print version of record.
Index.
Contents Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Cultural Phenomenon or Cultural Catastrophe? -- 1. The Codes and Conventions of the Contemporary Superhero Film -- 2. The Mythologies of the Contemporary Superhero Film -- 3. Gender and Sexuality in the Contemporary Superhero Film -- 4. Ethnicity in the Contemporary Superhero Film -- 5. The Global Contemporary Superhero Film -- Conclusion: "Is it me or is it getting crazier out there?" The Future of the Contemporary Superhero Film and the Genre's "Impossible Solutions for Insoluble Problems" -- Filmography -- Notes -- Bibliography
ISBN 9780231549790
0231549792
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Author McSweeney, Terence.
Series Short Cuts
Short cuts.
Subject Superhero films -- History and criticism.
Comic strip characters in motion pictures.
Comic books, strips, etc -- United States -- Film adaptations.
Descript 1 online resource (173 p.).
Note Description based upon print version of record.
Index.
Contents Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Cultural Phenomenon or Cultural Catastrophe? -- 1. The Codes and Conventions of the Contemporary Superhero Film -- 2. The Mythologies of the Contemporary Superhero Film -- 3. Gender and Sexuality in the Contemporary Superhero Film -- 4. Ethnicity in the Contemporary Superhero Film -- 5. The Global Contemporary Superhero Film -- Conclusion: "Is it me or is it getting crazier out there?" The Future of the Contemporary Superhero Film and the Genre's "Impossible Solutions for Insoluble Problems" -- Filmography -- Notes -- Bibliography
ISBN 9780231549790
0231549792
Author McSweeney, Terence.
Series Short Cuts
Short cuts.
Subject Superhero films -- History and criticism.
Comic strip characters in motion pictures.
Comic books, strips, etc -- United States -- Film adaptations.

Subject Superhero films -- History and criticism.
Comic strip characters in motion pictures.
Comic books, strips, etc -- United States -- Film adaptations.
Descript 1 online resource (173 p.).
Note Description based upon print version of record.
Index.
Contents Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Cultural Phenomenon or Cultural Catastrophe? -- 1. The Codes and Conventions of the Contemporary Superhero Film -- 2. The Mythologies of the Contemporary Superhero Film -- 3. Gender and Sexuality in the Contemporary Superhero Film -- 4. Ethnicity in the Contemporary Superhero Film -- 5. The Global Contemporary Superhero Film -- Conclusion: "Is it me or is it getting crazier out there?" The Future of the Contemporary Superhero Film and the Genre's "Impossible Solutions for Insoluble Problems" -- Filmography -- Notes -- Bibliography
ISBN 9780231549790
0231549792

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