Title: Heroes in a global world /
Authors: Drucker, Susan J.; Gumpert, Gary.
Publisher: Hampton Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Heroes in mass media.; Heroes.; Civilization, Modern
Abstract: "The studies in this volume support certain common, perhaps universal conclusions about heroes: All cultures have them; all cultures need them; who or what is considered heroic may vary from culture to culture; the heroes of a culture reflect or define culture values; communication is at the heart of hero creation and maintenance. This volume provides a survey and hopefully stimulates consideration of continuity and change with regard to heroes."--Jacket.
Contents: The global communication environment of heroes / Susan Drucker & Gary Gumpert -- Heroes and/as communication / Lance Strate -- Global identification with celebrity heroes / William J. Brown & Benson P. Fraser -- U.S. and European heroism compared / John Dean -- From distant heroes to intimate friends : media and the metamorphosis of affection for public figures / Joshua Meyrowitz -- The wrinkle theory : the deconsecration of the hero / Gary Gumpert -- The two faces of Osama bin Laden : mass media representations as a force for evil and Arabic hero / Mahmoud Eid -- Female "heroe" at Ground Zero : verbal and visual accounts reconceptualize the "heroic" / Valerie Smith -- Heroes in a global world : an examination of traditional folkloric and mythic formulae for heroes and contemporary iterations / Susan Duffy -- A return of the "real?" discussions with children ages 5 to 13 about the contemporary hero / Cheryl Harris & Alison Alexander -- Defining the heroic in a context of Arab-Islamic values : a case study of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan of the UAE / Susan Swan & Timothy Walters -- Orality versus monotheism or media versus narratives : biblical heroes and the media environment of the spoken word / Eva Berger -- Menachem Begin : a hero's guiding vision / Sondra M. Rubenstein & Adam Ehrlich -- Hero or villain, but always a celebrity : John Paul II / Maria Way -- Gods in all things : media, culture, and cycles of heroic construction in Japan / Todd Holden -- Shrek as a test of the universality of the hero's quest / Steven C. Combs -- The mediated sports hero / Susan J. Drucker -- From hero to celebrity : the political economy of stardom / Philip Drake -- Celebrity law / Susan Drucker.